Plateau Vision

Plateau Vision
Studio album by
Lushlife
ReleasedApril 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)
GenreHip hop
Length43:55
LabelWestern Vinyl
Producers
Lushlife chronology
No More Golden Days
(2011)		 Plateau Vision
(2012)		 Ritualize
(2016)
Singles from Plateau Vision
  1. "Still I Hear the Word Progress"
    Released: March 6, 2012

Plateau Vision is a solo studio album by Lushlife. It was released on Western Vinyl on April 17, 2012. It includes guest appearances from Styles P, Heems, Shad, and Cities Aviv. "The Romance of the Telescope" is based on the OMD song of the same name. Music videos were created for "Still I Hear the Word Progress" and "Magnolia".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100
Review scores
SourceRating
HipHopDX4.0/5
Pitchfork6.9/10
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
Spin8/10

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Jake Paine of HipHopDX gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, saying: "The artist knows he might not fit into the musical worlds that influenced him, but he pays homage to them without sacrificing much of his own dignity." Hari Ashurst of Pitchfork wrote, "there's enough of a sweet spot in the clean, backward-leaning production and offbeat samples to allow the record to distinguish itself as more than a sum of disparate parts."

Rhapsody placed it at number 8 on the "Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2012" list. Stereogum placed it at number 25 on the "Top 40 Rap Albums of 2012" list.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Magnolia"Lushlife4:47
2."Still I Hear the Word Progress" (featuring Styles P)Lushlife5:18
3."The Romance of the Telescope" (featuring Andrew Cedermark)Lushlife4:52
4."Big Sur"Botany3:22
5."Glistening" (featuring STS)Lushlife2:34
6."Gymnopedie 1.2" (featuring Shad)Lushlife2:15
7."Anthem"
  • Lushlife
  • Mark Saddlemire
4:26
8."Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins" (featuring Heems)Botany3:50
9."She's a Buddhist, I'm a Cubist" (featuring Cities Aviv)
3:28
10."Progress (Sun Glitters Reprise)" (featuring Ryat)Lushlife4:33
11."Stakk Cheddar Galore, Alwyn Dias"Lushlife4:30
Total length:43:55

References

  1. ↑ "Still I Hear the Word Progress (ft. Styles P) | Lushlife". Bandcamp. March 6, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Still I Hear the Word Progress (feat. Styles P) - Single by Lushlife". iTunes. Apple Inc. March 6, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Breihan, Tom (April 10, 2012). "Stream Lushlife Plateau Vision". Stereogum. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Martin, Andrew (April 10, 2012). "Premiere: Stream Lushlife's "Plateau Vision" In Its Entirety". Complex. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Jackson, Dan (March 26, 2012). "Lush For Life: Raj Haldar's heady hip-hop". CMJ. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 Ashurst, Harl (April 16, 2012). "Lushlife: Plateau Vision". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ Breihan, Tom (May 21, 2012). "Lushlife – "Still I Hear The Word Progress" Video (Feat. Styles P)". Stereogum. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ Isenberg, Daniel (May 22, 2012). "Video: Lushlife f/ Styles P "Still I Hear The Word Progress"". Complex. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ Breihan, Tom (November 5, 2012). "Lushlife – "Magnolia" Video". Stereogum. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  10. ↑ Weiss, Sam (November 6, 2012). "Video: Lushlife "Magnolia"". Complex. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Plateau Vision by Lushlife". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  12. 1 2 Paine, Jake (April 23, 2012). "Lushlife - Plateau Vision". HipHopDX. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ Frauenhofer, Michael (April 24, 2012). "Lushlife: Plateau Vision". PopMatters. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  14. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (April 23, 2012). "Lushlife, 'Plateau Vision' (Western Vinyl)". Spin. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  15. ↑ Reeves, Mosi. "Best Of 2012: Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums". Rhapsody. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  16. ↑ Breihan, Tom (December 21, 2012). "Stereogum's Top 40 Rap Albums Of 2012". Stereogum. Archived from the original on October 30, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2016.