Someday World is a collaboration album by British musician Brian Eno and Karl Hyde, of British electronic group Underworld, released on 5 May 2014.[1] The album features a number of supporting musicians, including Coldplay's Will Champion, John Reynolds, and Andy Mackay of Roxy Music, and was produced by Brian Eno with 20-year-old Fred Gibson.[1] It was followed two months later by the album High Life.
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Released | 5 May 2014 | |||
Genre | Electronic music | |||
Length | 44:23 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Brian Eno, FRED | |||
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Singles from Someday World | ||||
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It was Eno's first album since Lux in 2012 and his first collaboration album since Drums Between the Bells with Rick Holland in 2011. It is also Hyde's second album after Edgeland in 2013, which Eno contributed a remix to.[2] Eno previously worked with Karl Hyde in 2009 as part of Pure Scenius,[3] and in 2011 collaborated with Underworld on the track "Beebop Hurry".
Someday World has received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 62, based on 26 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 62/100[4] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Arts Desk | [6] |
Consequence of Sound | C−[7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
The Independent | [9] |
Mojo | [10] |
musicOMH | [11] |
Pitchfork | 6.2/10[12] |
Slant Magazine | [13] |
Spin | 7/10[14] |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] | 72 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] | 105 |
German Albums (Official Top 100)[17] | 86 |
UK Albums (OCC)[18] | 46 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[19] | 7 |
US Billboard 200[20] | 194 |
US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] | 6 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[22] | 33 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[23] | 50 |