PC Music Volume 1

PC Music Volume 1
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released 2 May 2015 (2015-05-02)
Recorded 2013–2015
Genre Pop, electronic, dance-pop[1]
Length 29:46
Label PC Music

PC Music Volume 1 is a compilation album by British record label PC Music. The label's first official album, it was released on 2 May 2015 as a paid download.[2] The album consists of remastered versions of the label's earlier work.[3]

Background and composition

Because the label releases most of its work for free, "Every Night" by Hannah Diamond had been the only song available for purchase.[4] PC Music Volume 1 includes one new track—"USA" by GFOTY, which had previously appeared on her Secret Mix.[5]

The label's musical acts function more as avatars than as themselves. The songs carry themes of escaping physical life, with an artificial quality that intensifies feelings of longing.[6] PC Music often uses the motif of eternity,[7] and several of the songs use together/forever rhymes.[8] The album's digital take on dance-pop music favors retrofuturistic Eurodance and high-pitched, cutesy female vocals.[9] Its often minimalist production produces frenetic, distorted mixes.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of SoundB[8]
Crack10/20[11]
NME8/10[12]
NowNNNN[13]
Pitchfork Media7.3/10[6]
Resident Advisor3.8/5[14]
Rolling Stone[1]
Spin8/10[15]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[16]

PC Music Volume 1 garnered polarizing[17] yet mostly positive reviews from critics.[10] As of June 2015, the album holds an aggregate 73 out of 100 based on eight reviews.[10] Consequence of Sound wrote that the album "leaves space for agnosticism about whether it's all a joke or a deathly serious artistic maneuver."[8] Spin magazine regretted the omission of some of the label's more satirical work, but it continued that "at almost 30 minutes exactly, PC Music Volume 1 quits while it's ahead."[15] Pitchfork Media described the album as a "rapturous, nightmarish cartoon corpus" that showcases "a meaningful spectrum of approaches within the PC Music ethos".[6]

In more mixed reviews, Rolling Stone's Jon Dolan said that with the exception of A. G. Cook's "Beautiful", "the songs are only as good as the concept, which wears thin fast."[1] A review published in The Wire described the song as "glossy, giddy, sparkly and shallow", much like music that would fitting wealthy private school teenaged student's sleepover.[18] Xavier Boucherat described how he scored the album on a 20-point scale in his review for the magazine Crack: "2 points for Danny ‘dick in the pants’ Harle for having arguably the funniest moniker out, 2 for those ‘Red Bull own PC Music’ rumours that you yourselves probably started, and 6 for GFOTY who weirdly reminds me of my mum."[11]

Track listing

No. TitleArtist Length
1. "Every Night"  Hannah Diamond 3:33
2. "Beautiful"  A. G. Cook 3:49
3. "USA"  GFOTY 2:23
4. "In My Dreams"  Danny L Harle 3:28
5. "Attachment"  Hannah Diamond 4:19
6. "Wannabe"  Lipgloss Twins 2:23
7. "Bronze"  Thy Slaughter 2:15
8. "Keri Baby" (featuring Hannah Diamond)A. G. Cook 2:10
9. "Don't Wanna/Let's Do It"  GFOTY 1:52
10. "Laplander"  easyFun 3:34

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dolan, Jon (18 May 2015). "PC Music Volume One". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (2 May 2015). "PC Music Just Released Their First Ever IRL Album". The Fader. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Rettig, James (2 May 2015). "PC Music Releases Singles Comp PC Music Volume 1". Stereogum. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (1 May 2015). "PC Music Volume 1 collects ten highlights from the label's run thus far.". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Liu, Nelson (2 May 2015). "Listen to 'PC Music Volume 1,' a Compilation of the Label's Iconic Singles". Mass Appeal. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Tolentino, Jia (4 May 2015). "Various Artists: PC Music Volume 1". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (21 November 2014). "PC Music Forever". The Awl. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Geffen, Sasha (3 May 2015). "Various Artists – PC Music Volume 1". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  9. ↑ Gush, Charlotte (2 May 2015). "elusive london collective pc music drop label sampler". i-D. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "PC Music Volume 1 by Various Artists". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  11. 1 2 Boucherat, Xavier. "PC Music Volume 1 Album Review". Crack. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "8 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week". NME. Inspire. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Ritchie, Kevin (20 May 2015). ">>> PC Music Volume 1". Now. Now Communications. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Finlayson, Angus (11 May 2015). "Various – PC Music Volume 1". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  15. 1 2 Weiss, Dan (8 May 2015). "Review: 'PC Music Volume 1' Proves the Satirical Collective Can Sell Us Anything". Spin. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  16. ↑ Robinson, Will (17 May 2015). "Review: PC Music – PC Music Vol. 1". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  17. ↑ Zoladz, Lindsay (15 May 2015). "The Enigmatic PC Music Is Ready for Real Life". Vulture. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  18. ↑ The Wire. August 2015. p.55.

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