''Collections'' is the second studio album by the English
alternative dance band
Delphic, released by
Polydor Records
Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...
on 28 January 2013.
[Murray, Robin (2012)]
Delphic Confirm Second Album Plans
, '' Clash'', 1 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012
Background and recording
The band worked on the album between late 2010 and Autumn 2012, first in their own studio in Manchester, followed by production work from
Tim Goldsworthy
Tim Goldsworthy is a British record producer, DJ and recording artist.
Career
Originally a musician/producer for Unkle with James Lavelle, he later worked with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and was formerly joint owner of DFA Records. G ...
at
Monnow Valley Studio
Monnow Valley Studio is a recording studio in Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales.
History
In the 1970s, Monnow Valley was the rehearsal facility of the famous Rockfield Studios. It became an independent studio in the 1980s owned by Charles Ward afte ...
in Wales, the Unit 3 studio in Bristol and Ben Allen in his studio in Atlanta.
The cover art was created by
Vhils
Vhils (born 1987) is the tag name of Portuguese graffiti and street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto.
Life
Alexandre Farto was born in Portugal in 1987. He studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London. Vhils lives and works in London and ...
.
[Baggs, Michael (2012)]
New Music: Delphic Premiere New Single 'Baiya' - Out January 2013
, Gigwise, 29 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012 A video trailer for the album was released in November 2012.
[Delphic announce new album 'Collections']
, ''NME
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'', 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012 The album will be preceded by the single "Baiya".
Keyboardist Rick Boardman explained the delay since the band's first album: "We'd been touring for two years. We were just creatively burnt out." In an interview with ''
NME
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'', he went into further detail: "We didn't want to release something that we would mean we could just go back on tour and have fun. We just want to make a really great record."
Reception
''Collections'' received mixed reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, the album received an average score of 59, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews".''
NME
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'' writer David Renshaw called it "confident and professional" but said that it would be unlikely to appeal to fans of either dance music or guitar bands.
[Renshaw, David (2013).]
Delphic - 'Collections'.
''NME
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''. Retrieved 23 October 2013. In reviewing it for the
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, Ben Hewitt summarised the album as "on the whole, ''Collections'' is a misfire and proof that, sometimes, re-inventing the wheel doesn’t always reap rewards – especially if you were already journeying more gracefully from A-to-B than most of your contemporaries."