Hello Cruel World (Sole and the Skyrider Band album)

Hello Cruel World
Studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band
Released July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
Recorded 2010-2011
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 52:58
Label Fake Four Inc.
Producer Sole, Skyrider
Sole and the Skyrider Band chronology
Plastique
(2009)		 Hello Cruel World
(2011)		 The Challenger EP
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!mixed[3]
Pitchfork Media6.1/10[4]
Potholes in My Blog[5]
The Skinny[6]
Westwordfavorable[7]

Hello Cruel World is the third studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band.[8] It was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011.[2]

Reception

Hello Cruel World received generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a score of 66/100, based on 6 reviews.[1]

David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "the album's title references Sole's desire to bring the underground angst to the masses, injecting a little ugliness and art into your everyday programming."[2] Tom Briehan of Pitchfork Media felt that "Sole has largely curbed his frantic, out-of-control, sometimes-arrhythmic rap style, going for a measured and controlled thing instead."[4] Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! called it "Sole's most accessible work so far."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Napoleon" (featuring Xiu Xiu) 4:16
2. "D.I.Y."   3:47
3. "Hello Cruel World"   4:28
4. "Fire"   2:51
5. "Bad Captain Swag" (featuring Lil B and Pictureplane) 5:01
6. "We Will Not Be Moved" (featuring Ceschi and Noah23) 4:58
7. "Possimism"   3:14
8. "Home Ain't Shit" (written by Pedestrian) 4:18
9. "Formal Designation 134340"   3:45
10. "Immortality"   4:25
11. "Progress Trap" (featuring Sage Francis) 3:54
12. "Vaya Con el Diablo" (featuring Ceschi, Isaiah Toothtaker and Mestizo) 4:15
13. "Villon"   3:44

References

  1. 1 2 "Hello Cruel World - Sole and the Skyrider Band". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Jeffries, David. "Hello Cruel World - Sole and the Skyrider Band". AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Quinlan, Thomas (July 19, 2011). "Sole and the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World". Exclaim!.
  4. 1 2 Breihan, Tom (July 18, 2011). "Sole and the Skyrider Band: Hello Cruel World". Pitchfork Media.
  5. ↑ Bosman, Chris (July 24, 2011). "Sole And The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World". Potholes in My Blog.
  6. ↑ Maloney, Ali (July 27, 2011). "Sole and The Skyrider Band – Hello Cruel World". The Skinny.
  7. ↑ Murphy, Tom (July 13, 2011). "Sole & the Skyrider Band - Hello Cruel World - Fake Four Inc.". Westword.
  8. ↑ Gilkeson, Kyle (May 25, 2011). "Video Premiere: Sole & The Skyrider Band’s "Hello Cruel World"". Alarm.

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