United Nations of Sound (album)
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| Studio album by RPA & The United Nations of Sound (Richard Ashcroft) | |||||
| Released | 19 July 2010 | ||||
| Recorded | 2009 – 2010 in Los Angeles, New York and London | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 56:06 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone | ||||
| Producer | No I.D. | ||||
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| Metacritic | 39/100 |
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United Nations of Sound is the debut album by British alternative rock band RPA & The United Nations of Sound (pseudonym of Richard Ashcroft, arrived at his fourth solo album), released on 19 July 2010 through Parlophone (see 2010 in British music). The album was released in the United States on 22 March 2011 under the name "Richard Ashcroft" through the record company Razor & Tie.
United Nations of Sound received generally scathing reviews from critics on its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 39, based on eight reviews, which indicates "Generally unfavorable reviews". UK-based review aggregation website AnyDecentMusic? correlated 23 reviews with an ADM Rating of 4.5. In the United States, Spin Magazine said the result a "fruitful collaboration" and Nylon Magazine called the new album "a commanding performance".
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