Sign | ||||
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Released | 8 October 2020 | |||
Recorded | 2018–2020[1] | |||
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Length | 65:33 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Rob Brown and Sean Booth | |||
Autechre chronology | ||||
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Sign (often stylized as SIGN) is the fourteenth studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was announced by Warp Records on 2 September 2020 via their Twitter page, and was released on 16 October 2020.[2][3] The album was broadcast for the first time on 8 October on the Autechre website.[4] Shortly after, it was made available as a digital download to those who pre-ordered. The cover and packaging artwork was created by The Designers Republic.[5]
Sign's companion album, Plus, was released without announcement twelve days later.
Sign and Plus were both teased prior to release in a series of Autechre live mix sessions that aired on streaming service Mixlr during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100[7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Clash | 9/10[9] |
Exclaim! | 8/10[10] |
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musicOMH | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[14] |
Record Collector | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10[16] |
Under the Radar | 7/10[17] |
Sign was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 12 reviews.[7]
All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "M4 Lema" | 8:49 |
2. | "F7" | 5:56 |
3. | "si00" | 5:51 |
4. | "esc desc" | 4:55 |
5. | "au14" | 5:03 |
6. | "Metaz form8" | 6:00 |
7. | "sch.mefd 2" | 5:25 |
8. | "gr4" | 3:21 |
9. | "th red a" | 6:35 |
10. | "psin AM" | 6:20 |
11. | "r cazt" | 7:12 |
Total length: | 65:33 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "n Cur" | 6:14 |
Total length: | 71:47 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] | 10 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] | 56 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] | 51 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] | 53 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] | 16 |
UK Albums (OCC)[24] | 41 |