Product_(Sophie_album)

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Product (Sophie album)

2015 compilation album by Sophie

Product (stylized in uppercase as PRODUCT) is the debut compilation by Scottish electronic music producer Sophie. It was released by Numbers on 27 November 2015.[2] The 8 tracks on Product appeared as singles released from 2013 to 2015. The album was made available in "silicon bubble cases", and its release coincides with the launch of a line of apparel[lower-alpha 1] and a "silicon product" resembling a sex toy.[4]

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Upon its release, the compilation was met with polarizing, yet mostly positive reviews from critics. Some reviewers praised its innovative sound, while others found it challenging and disruptive.

On 25 September 2019, Numbers announced that the album was being re-released in limited quantities in its original format of four vinyl singles, each in a PVC case.[5]

Critical reception

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Product received positive reviews, The review aggregator website Metacritic gave the album an average score of 74 out of 100, which indicates "generally favourable reviews".[7] Exclaim! senior editor Stephen Carlick called the record "a snapshot of an exciting artist whose tightrope walk between sweet and scary, pop and avant-garde, has yielded some of the best singles of the past few years."[9] The Observer described the album as "disruptive, a sound pushing the limits of what constitutes pop and what is just an annoying noise you are inexplicably paying money for."[12] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Product blurs the traditional subject/object power relationship of pop music, bending desire as easily as it bends waveforms," and called it "one of the more mischievous music objects under the current atmosphere."[18]

MP3 blog Gorilla vs. Bear listed the album as their 12th best album of 2015.[19]

Track listing

All tracks are stylized in uppercase.[20]

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Charts

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Notes

  1. There is no evidence of the apparel line ever being available for purchase. Both the platform boots and sunglasses are part of visual effects artist, collaborator, and fellow PC Music contributor Hannah Diamond's portfolio, labeled as 'SOPHIE - Virtual Merchandise'.[3]

References

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    Gordon, Jeremy (29 September 2015). "Sophie Releasing Singles Collection With "Silicon Product" (That Sure Looks Like a Sex Toy)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
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    "Numbers. SOPHIE - PRODUCT REPRESSES". nmbrs.net. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
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    Phares, Heather. "Product – Sophie". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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    Carlick, Stephen (25 November 2015). "Sophie: Product". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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    Carroll, Jim (20 November 2015). "Sophie: Product – Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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    Empire, Kitty (29 November 2015). "Sophie: Product review – digital pop divorced from the analogue world". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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    "Sophie: Product". Q (355): 118. February 2016.
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    Weiss, Dan (23 November 2015). "Review: Sophie Rebuilds Pop in His Own Mysterious Image on 'Product'". Spin. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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    Geffen, Sasha (1 December 2015). "Sophie – Product". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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    ChrisChris (December 2015). "GORILLA VS. BEAR'S ALBUMS OF 2015". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
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    PRODUCT, 27 November 2015, retrieved 1 June 2023
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    "Sophie (42) – Product (BRC-493)". Discogs. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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