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Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica
Critic Score
Based on 29 reviews
2011 Ratings: #92 / 1024
Year End Rank: #34
User Score
2011 Ratings: #23
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CRITIC REVIEWS

88
Pitchfork

There's a real sense of discovery here, or possibilities being probed, and that feeling is infectious.

80
The Needle Drop
On Oneohtrix Point Never's latest album, producer Daniel Lopatin casually saunters into the field of sample-based music, and kicks total ass.
80
Consequence of Sound

Replica catches Lopatin at the peak of his powers, realizing his esoteric vision with a newfound brazenness

80
Drowned in Sound

Replica remains subdued and solemn, teetering on the edge of a gaping vacuum of sound.

40
The Skinny
When he dials back the glitch and lets his samples breathe, as on the album’s title track, the overall effect is much more compelling, but such moments are few and far between on on album that too often feels like a frustratingly unsophisticated collage of unsympathetic elements.
UltimateLifeFrm
100

Sampling paradise.

Replica is the 5th studio album from American electronic music producer Daniel Lopatin, under the moniker Oneohtrix Point Never.

It was released in November 2011, having been recorded at Mexican Summer Studios in Brooklyn New York. It received highly positive reviews & was a modest commercial success, peaking at No. 7 in the US Heatseeker Albums.

Well, this album has been on my radar for a long time now, 5 months of procrastinating on it ever since I heard his most ... read more

BuffaloStaple
100

This album is flawless to me. I can't find anything about it that bothers me to a point where i feel it detracts from the experience in some way, it's a masterwork of experimental electronic music and one of the most exceptionally crafted albums I've ever heard.

BradTasteMusic
86

Up is so out of place. This works in the same way a Boards of Canada album works for me. Very dark but creative

Sarkist
90

After four years and several albums, both under the Oneohtrix Point Never name and out of it, Daniel Lopatin created what would be seen as his magnum opus, Replica. And you know what? It makes absolute sense. This album was basically Lopatin taking everything that he had experimented with—the ambient soundscapes and progressive electronic music of his first four albums, the chopped & screwed plunderphonics of his work under Chuck Person, and his newfound sensibilities producing and ... read more

natfink_gamng
97

out of this world

Lexiii
100

Aphex twin meets 80s commercials, Beautiful. one of the most amazing plunderphonics albums

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Track List

1Andro
3:54
94
2Power of Persuasion
3:28
93
3Sleep Dealer
3:10
92
4Remember
3:23
88
5Replica
4:35
96
6Nassau
4:42
85
7Submersible
3:50
87
8Up
3:56
89
9Child Soldier
3:13
84
10Explain
6:43
89
Total Length: 41 minutes

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Added on: October 11, 2011