''The Underside of Power'' is the second album by American
experimental band
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
. The album was released through
Matador Records on June 23, 2017.
The album was produced by
Adrian Utley of
Portishead and his frequent collaborator Ali Chant. It was also the band's first album to feature drummer Matt Tong as a full-time member.
Critical reception
''The Underside of Power'' received widespread critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average score of 86, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote that, "Algiers ultimately turn doomsday on its head unexpectedly. On The Underside of Power, they assert that even amid violence, darkness, and horror, that the human spirit is affirmed through witness and resistance, leading not only to solace but to redemption."][
]
Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
All personnel credits courtesy of AllMusic.[
Algiers
*Franklin James Fisher – cello, double bass, drum programming, guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, sampling, synthesizer, tambourine, vocals, wurlitzer
*Ryan Mahan – bass, drum programming, guitar, baritone guitar, sampling, synthesizer, backing vocals
*Lee Tesche – cymbals, guitar, harmonium, loop, music box, percussion, prepared guitar, prepared piano, saxophone, synthesizer, backing vocals
*Matt Tong – chimes, drones, drums, glockenspiel, guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
*Ashiya Eastwood – backing vocals
*Jessica Upton Crowe – backing vocals
*Travis Ono – backing vocals
Technical
* Adrian Utley – producer, drum machine, guitar, moog bass, synthesizer
*Ali Chant – producer, guitar, backing vocals
*Alex Weston – engineer
*Ben Greenberg – additional production, engineer
*Chris Kyles – engineer
*Jason Ward – mastering
*Macks Faulkron – engineer, guitar, percussion
*Oli Jacobs – engineer
*Patrick Phillips – engineer
*Paul Reust – engineer
*Randall Dunn – mixing
*Will Smith – mixing assistant
]
Charts
References
External links
The Underside of Power LP
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2017 albums
Algiers (band) albums
Matador Records albums