The Young Machines
| The Young Machines | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 30, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop[1] | |||
| Length | 44:28 | |||
| Label | Mush Records | |||
| Producer | Marc Bianchi | |||
| Her Space Holiday chronology | ||||
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The Young Machines is a studio album by Her Space Holiday. It was released on Mush Records on September 30, 2003.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[4] |
| Stylus Magazine | C[5] |
| Uncut | 4/10[6] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Young Machines received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Kenyon Hopkin of AllMusic praised the album's "lush IDM-powered indie pop."[2] Kilian Murphy of Stylus Magazine wrote: "An intriguing mixture of laptop-electronica and emotional indie song writing, this is engagingly quirky stuff."[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Marc Bianchi.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Young Machines" | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Something to Do with My Hands" | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Tech Romance" | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Sleepy California" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Japanese Gum" | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Meet the Pressure" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" | 4:31 |
| 8. | "The Luxury of Loneliness" | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Girl Problem" | 4:15 |
| 10. | "From South Carolina" | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 44:28 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Marc Bianchi – music
- Alan Douches – mastering
- Clust.TM – art, design
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 30, 2003[7] | Mush Records | CD | MH-224 |
| UK | October 20, 2003[7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | WEBB047CD |
| Europe | October 20, 2003[7] | Wichita Recordings | CD | VVR1024982 |
| Japan | January 21, 2004[7] | & Records | CD | NPPX-31 |
References
- ^ a b c "The Young Machines by Her Space Holiday". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Hopkin, Kenyon. "The Young Machines - Her Space Holiday". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 22, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ Weingarten, Marc (October 24, 2003). "The Young Machines Review". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Bowers, William (January 15, 2004). "Her Space Holiday:The Young Machines". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2013. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Murphy, Kilian (December 8, 2003). "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 10, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ "Her Space Holiday – The Young Machines". Uncut. Time Inc. UK. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "MH-224 Her Space Holiday - The Young Machines". Mush Records. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
External links
- The Young Machines at Discogs (list of releases)