Cerebral Hemispheres (album)
2018 Mr Fingers album
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Cerebral Hemispheres is a studio album by American musician Larry Heard, released under his Mr. Fingers moniker. It was released on Alleviated Records on April 13, 2018,[1] and is his first studio album as Mr. Fingers since Back to Love in 1994.[2]
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| Released | April 13, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 100:06 | |||
| Label | Alleviated Records | |||
| Producer | Larry Heard | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| NPR | favorable[4] |
| The Observer |   [5] |
| Resident Advisor | 3.3/5[6] |
| Spectrum Culture | 3.25/5[7] |
| Spin | favorable[8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Matt McDermott of Resident Advisor wrote, "Though it's billed as the return of Mr. Fingers, Cerebral Hemispheres feels like a culmination of all the music he's made as Larry Heard."[6] James Rettig of Stereogum described it as "an ambitious and sprawling album that crawls up to the two-hour mark, filled with lush and layered instrumentals that pull from soul and jazz and much more."[9] Paul Mardles of The Observer stated that the album "combines the two dominant strands of his oeuvre – ambient soundscapes that reach for the stars, and refined, jazz-flecked songs that possess a mournful quality."[5] He added, "while Cerebral Hemispheres won't win him new fans, it makes clear that, at 57, house's great survivor still has much to give."[5]
Pitchfork included the album on the "Best Electronic Music of 2018" list.[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Larry Heard, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Full Moon" | 6:44 |
| 2. | "City Streets" | 6:30 |
| 3. | "Urbane Sunset" | 6:17 |
| 4. | "Sands of Aruba" | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Tiger Lounge" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "A Day in Portugal" | 5:28 |
| 7. | "Sao Paulo" | 4:56 |
| 8. | "Crying Over You" | 5:41 |
| 9. | "Cerebral Hemispheres" | 5:40 |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Electron" | 6:09 | ||
| 2. | "Outer Acid" | 5:47 | ||
| 3. | "Inner Acid" | 5:30 | ||
| 4. | "Spy" | 4:51 | ||
| 5. | "Stratusfly" | Paul St. Hilaire | Larry Heard | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Nodyahed" | 5:56 | ||
| 7. | "Qwazars" | 5:41 | ||
| 8. | "Aether" | 6:14 | ||
| 9. | "Praise to the Vibes" | Nicole Wray | Larry Heard | 4:42 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Larry Heard – vocals, electric bass, melodica, keyboards, sequence programming, drum programming, engineering, executive production
- Zachary McElwain – tenor saxophone ("Full Moon", "Urbane Sunset", "Sands of Aruba")
- Christopher Charles Jones – electric guitar ("City Streets"), acoustic guitar ("City Streets")
- Ed Finney – electric guitar ("Urbane Sunset")
- Tiffany D. Curry – vocals ("Sands of Aruba", "A Day in Portugal", "Crying Over You")
- Paul St. Hilaire – vocals ("Stratusfly")
- Rich Reigel – electric guitar ("Stratusfly")
- Nicole Wray – vocals ("Praise to the Vibes")
- Rene Gelston – executive production
- Jeremy Nealis – cover artwork
- Cristina Hernández Capetillo – graphic design