High Life (Eno and Hyde album)

High Life
Studio album by Eno • Hyde
Released 30 June 2014 (2014-06-30)
Genre Art rock
Length 43:33
Label Warp
Producer Brian Eno, Fred
Brian Eno chronology
Someday World
(2014)		 High Life
(2014)		 The Ship
(2016)
Karl Hyde chronology
Someday World
(2014)		 High Life
(2014)
Singles from High Life
  1. "DBF"
    Released: May 28, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Spin7/10[3]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10[4]
Paste Magazine8.4/10[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
The Observer[8]
The Daily Telegraph[9]

High Life is the second collaboration between Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, of British electronic group Underworld. The album follows Someday World and was released on 30 June 2014.[10]

Background

The album is Eno's sixth for Warp Records, and was recorded following the announcement of his first collaboration with Karl Hyde. Brian Eno was quoted saying, "when Someday World was finished I felt like we were still on a roll and I wasn't ready to stop working and get into 'promotional mode' for that record. So I suggested we immediately start on another album, a different one, where we extended some of the ideas we'd started, and attempted some of the ideas we hadn't."[11]

The album was released on 30 June 2014 (1 July in North America) on CD and digitally with a vinyl copy which features two additional tracks, "Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe" (also on the digital edition) and "On a Grey Day".[12]

Track listing

CD version
No. Title Length
1. "Return"   9:00
2. "DBF"   4:14
3. "Time to Waste It"   8:19
4. "Lilac"   9:24
5. "Moulded Life"   4:55
6. "Cells & Bells"   7:41
Digital version
No. Title Length
1. "Return"   9:00
2. "DBF"   4:14
3. "Time to Waste It"   8:19
4. "Lilac"   9:24
5. "Moulded Life"   4:55
6. "Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"   3:07
7. "Cells & Bells"   7:41
Vinyl version
No. Title Length
1. "Return"   9:00
2. "Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"   3:07
3. "Lilac"   9:24
4. "Moulded Life"   4:55
5. "DBF"   4:14
6. "Time to Waste It"   8:19
7. "On a Grey Day"   5:43
8. "Cells & Bells"   7:41

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 142
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 94
US Billboard 200[17] 194
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[18] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[19] 31
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[20] 17

References

  1. ↑ "Album review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  2. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Album review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  3. ↑ Walters, Barry (2014-07-01). "Album review". Spin.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  4. ↑ Richardson, Mark (2014-07-02). "Album review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  5. ↑ Ham, Robert (2014-07-01). "Album review". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  6. ↑ Kot, Greg. "Album Review". Chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  7. ↑ Roberts, Randall (2014-06-30). "Album review". latimes.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  8. ↑ Empire, Kitty (2014-06-29). "Album review". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  9. ↑ McCormick, Neil (2014-07-04). "Album review". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  10. ↑ Henry, Dusty. "Brian Eno and Karl Hyde announce new album, High Life, stream “DBF”". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  11. ↑ Minsker, Evan. "Brian Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde to Release Another New Album, High Life, Share "DBF"". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Announcing new album 'High Life', listen to new track 'DBF'". Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "ultratop.be - Eno • Hyde - High Life". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "ultratop.be - Eno • Hyde - High Life". Ultratop. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Brian Eno – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Brian Eno. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Brian Eno – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Brian Eno. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Brian Eno – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Brian Eno. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "Brian Eno – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Brian Eno. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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