Beautiful Rewind

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Beautiful Rewind
Studio album by
Four Tet
Released14 October 2013 (2013-10-14)
Genre
Length40:14
LabelText
ProducerKieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
Pink
(2012) 		Beautiful Rewind
(2013) 		Morning/Evening
(2015)

Beautiful Rewind is the seventh

studio album by electronic musician Four Tet. It was released on 14 October 2013, by his own record label, Text Records.[1][2][3][4] The song "Kool FM" appears in Grand Theft Auto V
on the radio station Worldwide FM.

Release

The album was announced on 22 July 2013. Kieran Hebden hinted that the release of the album would be low-key, stating on Twitter that there would be "no pre order, no youtube trailers, no itunes stream, no spotify, no amazon deal, no charts, no bit coin deal, no last minute rick rubin [referring to Rubin's enlistment by Kanye West to perform last-minute alterations to his recently released album Yeezus]."[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10[6]
Metacritic79/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Fact3.5/5[9]
Financial Times[10]
The Irish Times[11]
The Observer[12]
Pitchfork7.4/10[13]
Q[14]
Resident Advisor4.0/5[15]
Rolling Stone[16]
Spin8/10[17]

Upon its release, Beautiful Rewind received some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, the album has received a score of 79 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Killian Fox, writing for

Consequence of Sound, Paula Mejia was disappointed that "the tracks don't necessarily resonate as did the memorable, emotive singles that won over listeners' hearts to begin with on catalogue highlight Rounds".[18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Kieran Hebden

No.TitleLength
1."Gong"3:15
2."Parallel Jalebi"3:54
3."Our Navigation"3:54
4."Ba Teaches Yoga"3:20
5."Kool FM"5:09
6."Crush"2:26
7."Buchla"4:12
8."Aerial"5:57
9."Ever Never"0:32
10."Unicorn"3:31
11."Your Body Feels"4:04

Charts

Chart performance for Beautiful Rewind
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 152
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 108
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[21] 19
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[22] 15
US
Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[23]
 22

References

  1. ^ "Four Tet announces new album, Beautiful Rewind – FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music". Fact. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. This Is Fake DIY
    . Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  3. ^ Coultate, Aaron (22 July 2013). "RA News: Four Tet announces new album, Beautiful Rewind". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  4. ^ Murray, Robin (22 July 2013). "Four Tet Prepares New Album 'Beautiful Rewind'". Clash. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  5. ^ Goble, Corban (22 July 2013). "Four Tet Announces New Album, Beautiful Rewind | News". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Beautiful Rewind by Four Tet reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Reviews for Beautiful Rewind by Four Tet". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  8. ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Beautiful Rewind – Four Tet". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  9. ^ a b Lea, Tom (5 October 2013). "Beautiful Rewind". Fact. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  10. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (19 October 2013). "Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  11. ^ Carroll, Jim (24 October 2013). "Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b Fox, Killian (13 October 2013). "Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind – review". The Observer. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  13. ^ Gaerig, Andrew (17 October 2013). "Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  14. ^ "Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind". Q (329): 115. December 2013.
  15. ^ Miller, Derek (29 October 2013). "Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  16. ^ Battaglia, Andy (18 October 2013). "Beautiful Rewind". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  17. ^ Beta, Andy (17 October 2013). "Four Tet Vividly Imagines Future Dance Floors on 'Beautiful Rewind'". Spin. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  18. Consequence of Sound
    . Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Ultratop.be – Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Chart Log UK 2013". zobbel.de. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  21. ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  22. ^ "Four Tet Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  23. ^ "Four Tet Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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