Until the Quiet Comes

Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes
Critic Score
Based on 34 reviews
2012 Ratings: #25 / 1118
Year End Rank: #13
User Score
Based on 674 ratings
2012 Rank: #111
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CRITIC REVIEWS

97
Beats Per Minute

UTQC is a testament to imagination and vision and the capabilities of the human soul by way of music.

95
The 405

Ellison struck out into uncharted territories, taking the basic elements that have shaped his landmark works and applying them to this new, dreamy and subdued affair.

91
Pretty Much Amazing

This is not a collection of songs so much as it is a patchwork of different moods, sewn together to form a distorted stream of consciousness.

91
A.V. Club

After multiple listens, the album reveals itself to be as nuanced, as subtle, and a lot more digestible than its predecessor, a sidestep into sonic territory that’s no less admirable for its comparative somnolence.

90
NME

Ultimately, this album is the sound of the future.

90
musicOMH

With this record, Flying Lotus has continued his explorations of the outer regions of sonic experience whilst simultaneously creating a playful, and thrillingly visceral, listening experience

90
Drowned in Sound

He is, however, a radiant example of an artist with the ability at his fingertips to close the schism between the true avant-garde and the leftfield mainstream, and in this respect Until the Quiet Comes is the record to date we’ll most likely crown his masterpiece.

85
Pitchfork

While this might be Flying Lotus' most accessible record, it's less about being pleasant and more about deep focus. 

80
Consequence of Sound

FlyLo silenced the external forces and produced an album that is dark enough to spin at LA’s Low End Theory, yet smooth enough to garner listens from fans well outside of the club’s beat freaks. 

80
PopMatters

The more you listen to Until the Quiet Comes, the more you get the sense that you’re only scratching the surface of how much is really going on with it.

75
Under the Radar

Every track and sound feels new and experimental; much of Until the Quiet is so wonderfully weird, there's no way for it to be boring.

70
FACT Magazine

For an album that, at times, is beautiful, it doesn’t hypnotise you, it doesn’t entrance you, and even its best moments fail to stay in your head

50
Tiny Mix Tapes

It is coming straight from Warp to a cocktail bar near you and, soon after that, a Starbucks. It is the sound of an artist in retreat from the shadow of his own success.

MasterCrackfox
89

To call Until the Quiet Comes accessible would seem like a criminal offense in any other context, but when colligated with his landmark album that came before, Cosmogramma, then that seems like an understatement. Until the Quiet Comes is a constantly dream-like album, never quite easy but always meditative and soothing. If Cosmogramma is a rocket ship of sound, then Quiet is the moment you leave the rocket to float in space.

Until the Quiet Comes was my introduction to Flying Lotus back in ... read more

Plats
93

While it's not as blissful or creative as something like "Cosmogramma", goddamn, does it come close in terms of enjoyment! "Until The Quiet Comes" is a beautifully-produced, trippy and incredibly cohesive project that holds the characteristics of Flying Lotus' music while expanding upon them for a more comforting atmosphere.

Fav Tracks: Tiny Tortures, Getting There, Putty Boy Strut, Electric Candyman, The Nightcaller, Sultan's Request, Heave(n), Phantasm, me ... read more

TheCarioca
76

All In - 5/5 ❤
Getting There [ft. Niki Randa] - 5/5 ❤
Until the Colours Come - 4/5
Heave(n) - 3/5
Tiny Tortures - 4/5
All the Secrets - 4/5
Sultans Request - 3/5
Putty Boy Strut - 4/5
See Thru to U [ft. Erykah Badu] - 3/5
Until the Quiet Comes - 3/5
DMT Song [ft. Thundercat] - 4/5
The Nightcaller - 3/5
Only if You Wanna - 4/5
Electric Candyman [ft. Thom Yorke] - 3/5
Hunger [ft. Niki Randa] - 4/5
Phantasm [ft. Laura Darlington] - 4/5
me Yesterday//Corded - 4/5
Dream to Me - 4/5

FunkyBlood9696
78

Coming off the back of his 2010 masterpiece "Cosmogramma", FlyLo most likely wanted to tone down the out of the box experimentation in favor of a more accessible and straightforward Nu Jazz and IDM album, and I think with this record he mostly did a great job with bringing his style into more sweeter and moodier directions without totally selling himself super short overall
The production is tight, the instrumentals are top notch, and the featured artists do their part fairly well, ... read more

_V33_
89

Underrated as all hell, this should have a purple star
It’s not as memorable as his better records, but still pretty damn great, man.
I love the features across here
You got Thom Yorke coming back for some moans.
Erykah Badu shows up, fire.
And Thundercat just proves how great of a duo him and FlyLo are (again)
Another FlyLo BANGER
Favorite Tracks: all

Halo56
75

I loved the production on this album again, it has a very glittery feel.

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Added on: July 18, 2012