Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
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| Studio album by Underworld | ||||
| Released | 18 March 2016 | |||
| Genre | Electronic | |||
| Length | 44:54 | |||
| Label | Caroline International | |||
| Producer | Rick Smith, High Contrast, Steven Hall (exec.) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10 |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.1/10 |
| Q | |
| Mojo | |
| Spin | 8/10 |
| Mixmag | 8/10 |
| musicOMH | |
| The Guardian | |
| PopMatters | 9/10 |
| Release Magazine | 9/10 |
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future (stylised as Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future) is the ninth studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 18 March 2016. It is the band's first studio album since Barking in 2010.Barbara Barbara received widespread critical acclaim upon its release and placed in several international charts. The album has also earned a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
In September 2010, Underworld released their eighth studio album Barking, a collaboration heavy record that consists of many guest contributors including High Contrast, Paul van Dyk and Dubfire, and features more emphasis on House music and Drum and Bass. After the release of Barking, the band went on to release two compilation albums, 1992–2012 The Anthology and A Collection (the latter consists of radio edits and guest spots). They've also worked on a few projects with frequent collaborator director Danny Boyle, who the band had previously worked with, providing tracks for several of his films including Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary and The Beach, as well as writing the score with John Murphy on Boyle's 2007 film Sunshine. These projects were the soundtrack for Boyle's theatre production play Frankenstein and as musical directors for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London. After these projects, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith spent a couple of years apart while they both work on their own separate musical aspirations. Hyde released his debut solo album Edgeland in 2013 and released two collaborative albums with Brian Eno titled Someday World and High Life, both released in May and June 2014 respectively. Meanwhile, Smith would continue to work with Danny Boyle through providing the musical score for Boyle's 2013 film Trance and the score for Babylon, a British drama television series that aired on Channel 4 in 2014 for which Boyle co-created and directed the 90 minute pilot. In late 2014, the band announced plans to release remastered and expanded editions of all of their studio albums "in the next few years". An expanded edition of dubnobasswithmyheadman was released on 6 October 2014, and the group toured in support of the album. An expanded edition of Second Toughest in the Infants was released on 20 November 2015. Underworld would then announce their brand new studio album, only four days after the re-release of Second Toughest.
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