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10.0
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10.0 |
The Skinny
A simply stunning album of emotional highs and lows
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Transformation is what it’s all about – this is a healing trip of sorts
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10.0
104289
10.0 |
A.V. Club
There’s no prescribed narrative, but Singularity still tells a grand story—a synesthetic evocation of how it feels to be alive
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10.0
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NME
Details are where this album is most rewarding: every moment is deeply considered
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9.1
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9.1 |
Pretty Much Amazing
He represents a continued sea change in electronic music, one that favors repeated listening and patience over brute intensity
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9.0
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9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Stick with Hopkins’ vision and his open-minded take on an altered state becomes an experience that reveals itself a little more with every glorious listen
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9.0
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9.0 |
The Quietus
This could be but a dazzling glimpse of the scope of Hopkins’ ability and vision
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9.0
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9.0 |
musicOMH
He remains a wholly individual voice in a congested field, a single phrase played from his piano speaking volumes. And Singularity is his best album yet
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8.3
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8.3 |
Pitchfork
A beat-music odyssey that thrums with spiritual resonance
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8.0
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All Music
As striking as Immunity was, Singularity feels more developed, and it's ultimately a tough call as to which album is more exciting
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8.0
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8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
In self-reflection, Hopkins deconstructs Singularity; for all its avenues, detours, desperate reaches and anxious retreats, true inner peace rests on a foundation of simplicity
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8.0
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Under The Radar
An album that will remain in the memory long after the final note is played and will demand repeated listens
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8.0
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Clash
Hopkins remains in ascension, and no one is on his level right now
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8.0
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The FT
An album themed around the concept of the psychedelic experience, with a strong narrative drive
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
Varied and consistently compelling
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
Like Immunity, it’s beautiful and it’s heartbreaking
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
There is a distinct symmetry to the album with the effectiveness of the more urgent first half benefitting from the more ambient, immersive second, on an album that begs to be heard as a unified whole
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8.0
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8.0 |
Earbuddy
Singularity is a meditative experience overall
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Meticulously constructed, yet with melodies and rhythms born out of improvisation, it's an album of two halves, moving from euphoric collapse to an uncertain contentment. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Rich enough to let your mind wander through it. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
An album that, in its best moments, finds one of electronic music's great minds operating in peak form
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8.0
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Drowned In Sound
Ultimately, Singularity will shape your summer of 2018 the same way Immunity did of 2013, and all power to it
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7.6
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7.6 |
Resident Advisor
In a way, Singularity is the ultimate Jon Hopkins album
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7.5
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7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
May not be a huge departure from the sound that we’ve previously heard from Hopkins, but this record is a masterclass in musical sonics - a reminder that music should be absorbed, not left to simply pass us by
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Even if the landscape is occasionally a little too pleasant, the overall trip is well worth taking. Print edition only
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7.0
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7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Singularity, as an experience, goes through such a vast range of life, and the beauty is in the seamlessly graceful transition through it all
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7.0
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The 405
Some may find Singularity are a bit too obvious and dramatic, but in regards to sound-design and production, however, each track is executed to near-perfection
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7.0
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Crack
Singularity is the satisfying sound of an artist who – instead of petering out after a couple of early victories – is still perfecting his craft nearly two decades after he started
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
There’s not enough food for the brain or fuel for the feet here
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Music
It's great to see Hopkins working again, but someone ought to tell him that the law of diminishing returns applies to repeatedly used formulae
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4.0
104273
4.0 |
The Guardian
Too much of this album is the sort of thing people stick on to make their drug comedowns feel meaningful
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