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Released | May 19, 2015 | |||
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Length | 49:36 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
Producer | Holly Herndon, Amnesia Scanner, Mat Dryhurst | |||
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Platform is the second studio album by American electronic producer Holly Herndon, released on May 19, 2015, via 4AD. The album received wide critical acclaim upon its release.[1] It is the first commercially released album to include a track intended to trigger autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), "Lonely at the Top".[2][3][4][5][6]
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[7] |
Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
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NME | 8/10[11] |
Pitchfork | 8.7/10[12] |
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Resident Advisor | 4.0/5[14] |
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Spin | 7/10[16] |
Uncut | 9/10[17] |
Winston Cook-Wilson of Pitchfork wrote that "Platform may turn out to be the most thought-provoking experimental electronic music release of the year."[12] Laurie Tuffrey of The Quietus wrote that "in so solidly refuting musical clichés, it can genuinely lay claim to the oft-used description forward-facing."[18] The Guardian's Tshepo Mokoena wrote that "[Herndon] turns cold, lifeless synthetic beats into disconcerting, disjointed rhythms that glitch and collapse on each other", describing the album as "gloriously avant garde and fiercely inventive."[9] Drowned in Sound wrote that "at once Herndon’s most accessible and most adventurous record, this is digital age avant-garde sound art put through a pop prism, and it’s all the more exciting as a result."[19] Heather Phares of AllMusic described the album as "nuanced in how it combines political, technological and structural and ideological concepts."[8] In naming Platform among 2015's best experimental albums, PopMatters wrote: "It’s fair to say if you're unfamiliar with [Herndon's] work, you've never heard anything like it: EDM-streaked sound collage, at once robotic and deeply personal."[20]
Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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The Guardian | The Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 24[21]
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NME | NME's Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 26[22]
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Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 39[23]
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PopMatters | The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 6[20]
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The Wire | Top 50 Releases of 2015 | 2015 | 6[24]
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All songs written and produced by Holly Herndon; except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Interference" | Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst | 4:41 | |
2. | "Chorus" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:55 | |
3. | "Unequal" | Herndon, Colin Self | 5:11 | |
4. | "Morning Sun" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:21 | |
5. | "Locker Leak" | Herndon, Spencer Longo | 4:15 | |
6. | "An Exit" | Herndon, Amnesia Scanner | Herndon, Amnesia Scanner | 4:58 |
7. | "Lonely at the Top" | Herndon, Claire Tolan | 4:31 | |
8. | "DAO" | 4:13 | ||
9. | "Home" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 5:53 | |
10. | "New Ways to Love" | Herndon, Dryhurst | 4:38 |
Charts (2015) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] | 183 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[27] | 20 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[28] | 13 |