Dying in Stereo

Dying in Stereo
Studio album by
Northern State
ReleasedJune 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)
GenreHip hop music
Length32:37
LabelsStartime International
Columbia
Northern State chronology
Hip Hop You Haven't Heard
(2002)		 Dying in Stereo
(2002)		 All City
(2004)

Dying in Stereo is the second release by New York City-based alternative hip hop group Northern State. It was first released on June 3, 2002, on Startime International, and then re-released in May 2003 by Columbia Records. It has been described variously as an EP and a "mini-album". Nevertheless, it is usually described as their official debut album, since their only previous release (Hip Hop You Haven't Heard) was a self-released four-song demo. This led PopMatters to describe it as a "litmus test" that will determine "what will happen to white, female, feminist rappers, who aren’t pencil-thin or supermodel pretty."

Reception

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. The exceptions to this trend included Pitchfork Media, which gave it a scathing review in which the reviewer, Michael Idov, described the album as "the most heinous hip-hop release since MC Skat Kat went solo", and Drowned in Sound, which described Northern State as "a pointless hybrid of the Beastie Boys and *N-tyce (from the female wing of the Wu)." Many other critics also compared Dying in Stereo's music to that of the Beastie Boys.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar
Drowned in Sound1/10
Entertainment WeeklyB+
NME6/10
Pitchfork Media0.8/10
PopMatters(mixed)
Robert ChristgauA
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar
SpinB

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Thousand Words"3:37
2."Trinity"4:11
3."At the Party"3:42
4."The Man's Dollar"3:28
5."Vicious Cycle"4:39
6."Signal Flow (You Can't Fade Me)"4:07
7."All the Same"4:05
8."Dying in Stereo"4:47

References

  1. ↑ "Columbia Records Set to Release All City, Eagerly-Awaited New Album From Northern State" (Press release). Sony Corporation. May 24, 2004. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Powers, Devon (June 30, 2003). "Dying in Stereo Review". PopMatters. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Dying in Stereo, Metacritic
  4. 1 2 Idov, Michael (2003) "Northern State Dying in Stereo", Pitchfork Media, July 17, 2003
  5. 1 2 McKeating, Scott (April 13, 2003). "Dying in Stereo". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Reilly, Phoebe (July 15, 2003). "Northern State Start the Party". Spin. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ Wilson, MacKenzie. "Dying in Stereo". Allmusic. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hermes, Will (June 6, 2003). "Dying In Stereo (2003)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ Carhart-Harris (June 2, 2003). "Dying in Stereo". NME. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ "CG: Northern State". Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ Hoard, Christian (June 12, 2003). "Northern State, Dying in Stereo". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on May 24, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2014.