''Green Language'' is the second studio album by Glaswegian producer Russell Whyte under the alias

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. The album, released on

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on August 25, 2014, was announced with the track "Raptor" - first played by

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in June 2014. It features guest appearances from

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, Gorgeous Children, and

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. The title of the album derives from "the language of the birds".

Production

Reflecting on ''

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'' in 2014, Whyte stated that he felt that he "“went kind of quite crazy on ''Glass Swords''" and that he was "taking the piss with kitsch sounds and over-the-top silliness." Whyte stated that he wanted his next album ''Green Language'' to be different and "more serious". In between the release of ''Glass Swords'' and ''Green Language'', Whyte scrapped an entire album's worth of material that he stated "didn't feel right as an album."

Release

''Green Language'' was released on August 25, 2014.

Reception

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an

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score of 69, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 25 reviews. Tshepo Mokoena of ''

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'' gave the album a rating of 4 stars out of 5, calling it "an exercise in variety that pushes the boundaries of what a synth-driven album can, and should, sound like". Stephen Carlick of ''

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'' opined that "There are great tracks on ''Green Language'', but a lack of consistency stops it from being a great album." Tom Lea of ''

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'' commented on the album in 2015 that the album "divided listeners". Whyte

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that he felt the ''Green Language'' was "too A&Red", later explaining that his managers were "trying to push me in one way, in kind of an avant garde, arty route, then I had other people trying to get me to do big singles, the vocal stuff and all that. I was getting pulled in two directions, which I think you can tell a little bit on the album." ''

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'' named the cover of ''Green Language'' as one of the 30 best album covers of 2014, while ''

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Production

Release

Reception

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

See also

References

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