Amber

Critic Score
Based on 4 reviews
1994 Ratings: #259 / 567
User Score
1994 Ratings: #180
November 7, 1994 / Release Date
LP / Format
Warp / Label
AutechreProducer
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Critic Reviews

90
AllMusic
Things are clearly starting to gel a little more here than on previous releases; the great leap forward becomes all the more logical in retrospect.
80
Record Collector

Their intentions were clearer on 1994’s Amber, where they stopped to turn over and inspect slices of industrial dub.

79
Pitchfork

What makes Amber fascinating to revisit decades on is to hear vestigial organs and sonic cul-de-sacs that Autechre would bin almost immediately after.

50
Rolling Stone

The group began slowly, with smart if unexciting ambient watercolors on Incunabula and Amber that give no indication of the innovations to follow.

morningsbell
82

'Yeah I'm an audiophile"

ameliamalie
75

gorgeous artwork

maryfreegirl
85

Reminded me a lot of aphex twin, maybe for the spaciness of it?

More popular reviews
lbr0
89

gorgeous album with a gorgeous cover

Jlepileo03
74

“Amber” has some cleaner production than the duo’s debut, even if the overall project isn’t all that innovative.

leangreen99
80

One could argue best idm group x

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Track List

1Foil
6:04
83
2Montreal
7:15
87
3Silverside
5:31
82
4Slip
6:21
88
5Glitch
6:15
80
6Piezo
8:00
84
7Nine
3:40
84
8Further
10:07
84
9Yulquen
6:37
82
10Nil
7:48
87
11Teartear
6:45
86
Total Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes
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