''Reality Testing'' is the sixth album by English

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. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2014 by

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Style

''Reality Testing'' focuses on "dusty hip-hop grooves of auteurs like

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". A review in ''

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'' referred to the album as "Largely abandoning rave’s warp-speed tempos and sensual overload" of '' Galaxy Garden''.

Release

The album was released on

on 16 June 2014 on

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and

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. Also reissued by

on 7 December 2018 as a limited edition of 300, pressed on Clear Vinyl

Reception

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

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score of 81, based on 17 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ''

'' stated that "''Reality Testing'' is Cutler’s easiest listen—you can imagine this music playing over coffee shop speakers as much as you could put a rapper on top of it—and as such it may seem less innovative when placed up against his previous two full-lengths."

Track listing

Personnel

* Matt Cutler – composer, producer * Konx-om-Pax – artwork * Noel Summerville – mastering

Charts

References

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