Alternate/Endings
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| Alternate/Endings | ||||
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| Released | December 9, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 1:06:05 | |||
| Label | Ninja Tune | |||
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Alternate/Endings is the debut full-length studio album by American record producer Lee Bannon. It was released on December 9, 2013 via Ninja Tune. The album marks Bannon's distancing from hip-hop and towards drum-and-bass and jungle music.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[2] |
| Financial Times |   [3] |
| Pitchfork | 6.8/10[4] |
| Slant |  [5] |
| The 405 | 7/10[6] |
| The Irish Times | [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10[8] |
Alternate/Endings was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79 based on eleven reviews.[1]
Daryl Keating of Exclaim! praised the album, stating: "realistically, Alternate/Endings is not for everyone, but anyone who's intrigued by the dark and unconventional side of things--or thinks that jungle needs a new platform--will devour this album".[2] Chase Woodruff of Slant magazine found the album "succeeds in leaving you both exhausted and anxious for more".[5] Andrew Hannah of The Line of Best Fit wrote: "Alternate/Endings is never a relaxing listen; when the breakneck pace drops, it's only replaced by an unsettling calm, and one that doesn't last very long".[8] Andrew Gaerig of Pitchfork called it "tempting, smart, and raw enough to make me wish he'd set up camp somewhere more permanent".[4]