''If It Were You, We'd Never Leave'' is the second studio album by American DJ

Andrew Bayer Andrew Michael Bayer (born 1987) is an American DJ and Grammy-nominated music producer. He is best known for working with Anjunabeats as a multi-genre artist and English deep house sublabel Anjunadeep. Born in Washington, D.C., Bayer was pi ...

, released on April 22, 2013 on

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. Bayer described the album as a

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, centered around the premise of being the soundtrack for a person's day, as opposed to his other work at that point, which was recorded more for play in

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Critical reception

Stephen Worthy of ''

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'' said that the album "doesn't lack for ambition. ''If It Were You, We'd Never Leave'' bats back and forth from homespun laptop beats to full orchestral productions, glitch-hop to opulent

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esque wall of sound." Worthy noted that "

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's folktronic transmissions are an obvious parallel" and concluded by calling the album "a warm-hearted record that splices modern romantic classicisms to cut'n'paste

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pyrotechnics". Joe Muggs of '' Q'' noted that "if it occasionally veers into high-class holiday programme soundtrack territory, it is just as often take-your-breath-away beautiful". ''

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''s Derek Staples noted the change in sound for Bayer, describing it as "an album you repeatedly pull to ease personal hardship not spark dancefloor undulations", while still conceding that it was still built on some of the similar approach of his prior work, such as "utiliz ngsimple tools to create complex, emotionally powerful movements." In the Mix stated "there’s a gob-smacking amount of sonic experimentation...though Bayer’s real achievement is how he’s managed to weave all this stuttering, jittery white sound into something that carries so much musicality."

Track listing

Charts

References

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