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80
Tacked at the end is the always necessary "Opus" in all its glory, and while the Four Tet remix would have been nice to have (along with the recent Chvrches collaboration "Tether"), Opus, the album, is keenly constructed and an excellent beginning-to-end journey in spite of its size.
10y
80
By the time Prydz is ready to release his sophomore album sometime around 2026, new fans with no memory of this massive moment in progressive house’s history will be grateful to have a text this authoritative to refer back to.
10y
80
It would have been easy for Eric to serve up a ‘Best Of’-style album, but we’re glad he went down the Deadmau5 route of not including any of his greatest hits. It proves he’s a similarly inventive producer who’s more interested in moving forward than looking back.
5y
70
Eric Prydz doesn’t want to be a mere headliner: he wants to be whispered in the same vein as so many DJ legends, and at the rate he’s going, one day he will be.
10y
62
Corniness—the willingness to let go, to be not cool, to escape judgement—is deeply woven into the fabric of EDM. And it’s to Prydz’s credit that he makes even these moments of excess sound far classier than any of his peers.
10y
60
After four minutes of build on the title track, their arrival is like a glitter cannon to the face.
10y
Make it like an hour shorter, and it’s one of the best Prog House albums ever, period. •_•
Yes this thing shouldn’t be 2 hours long but that doesn’t take away from the fact that there are actually tons of really good tracks on this album and obviously the title track. Opus by Eric Prydz is a good Progressive House album that does have some pretty great material on here. I think his production on here is sort of distinct enough to have his own sound on it and there aren’t really any surprises to be had on this album until the title track which just so happens to ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Liam 5:44 | 88 |
| 2 | Black Dyce 6:17 | 88 |
| 3 | Collider 5:23 | 91 |
| 4 | Som Sas 6:37 | 92 |
| 5 | Last Dragon 6:45 | 92 |
| 6 | Moody Mondays 4:45 feat. The Cut | 89 |
| 7 | Floj 7:45 | 91 |
| 8 | Trubble 7:48 | 88 |
| 9 | Klepht 6:08 | 81 |
| 10 | Eclipse 5:58 | 87 |
| 11 | Sunset At Café Mambo 6:30 | 84 |
| 12 | Breathe 3:09 feat. Rob Swire | 91 |
| 13 | Generate 7:11 | 98 |
| 14 | Oddity 8:05 | 86 |
| 15 | Mija (Re-Scored) 6:31 | 87 |
| 16 | Every Day 7:14 | 98 |
| 17 | Liberate 6:44 | 94 |
| 18 | The Matrix 7:16 | 89 |
| 19 | Opus 9:03 | 98 |
Total Length: 2 hours, 4 minutes
