South of Reality
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| South of Reality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 22, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
| Studio | Rancho Relaxo, Occidental, California | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 47:30 | |||
| Label | ATO | |||
| Producer | ||||
| The Claypool Lennon Delirium chronology | ||||
| ||||
South of Reality is the second studio album by The Claypool Lennon Delirium, a collaboration between American multi-instrumentalists Sean Lennon and Primus' Les Claypool. It was released on February 22, 2019.
The album was preceded by the lead single and music video for "Blood and Rockets," followed by two successive prerelease tracks: "Easily Charmed by Fools" in late 2018 and "Amethyst Realm" in early 2019.[2]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| American Songwriter | [5] |
| Paste | 8.5/10[1] |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, with a rating of 78 based on 7 reviews at Metacritic, which surpassed the score of 70 received by their debut LP, Monolith of Phobos.[3] Critics praised the album's unusual sound and improvement from their debut project: Paste magazine awarded the album an 8.5/10, writing "South of Reality is weird. It’s unorthodox... That's what makes the album so damn great."[1] AllMusic noted that "If the duo's satire sometimes seems cheap—the Tinder jibes on 'Easily Charmed by Fools' are a little too easy—they make up for it through sheer good humor, which is why the playfulness of South of Reality charms instead of alienates."[4] Uncut called the album as "A meaty maximalist feast, richer and riper than its predecessor."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Les Claypool and Sean Lennon.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Little Fishes" | 6:06 |
| 2. | "Blood and Rockets: Movement I, Saga of Jack Parsons / Movement II, Too the Moon" | 6:29 |
| 3. | "South of Reality" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "Boriska" | 5:25 |
| 5. | "Easily Charmed by Fools" | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Amethyst Realm" | 7:47 |
| 7. | "Toady Man's Hour" | 3:12 |
| 8. | "Cricket Chronicles Revisited: Pt. 1, Ask Your Doctor / Pt. 2, Psyde Effects" | 6:23 |
| 9. | "Like Fleas" | 3:31 |
Personnel
- Les Claypool – vocals, all instruments, songwriter, engineer, mixing, producer
- Sean Lennon – vocals, all instruments, songwriter, producer
- Paulo Baldi – drums (on “Boriska”, “Amethyst Realm”, “Ask Your Doctor”)
- Adam Gates – voices (in “Psyde Effects”)
- Josh Adam Meyers – voices (in “Psyde Effects”)
- Agent Ogden – design, layout
- Jay Blakesberg – photography
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Hisaki Yasuda – cover art
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[6]
