Plus
Studio album by
Autechre
Released28 October 2020 (2020-10-28)
Recorded2018–2020[1]
Genre
Length63:53
LabelWarp
ProducerRob Brown and Sean Booth
Autechre chronology
Sign
(2020)		 Plus
(2020)

Plus (often stylized as PLUS) is the fifteenth full-length studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was released digitally, without any prior announcement, on 28 October 2020, twelve days after the release of Sign, the band's preceding album.[2] Plus was released on physical formats on 20 November 2020. The cover and packaging artwork was created by The Designers Republic, and pairs with the artwork for Sign.

Though released by Warp as an album, Sean Booth has said that Plus should really be an EP, because like many other Autechre EPs, it is composed primarily of tracks that didn’t quite fit onto its companion full-length album.[3]

Sign and Plus were both teased prior to release in a series of Autechre live mix sessions that aired on streaming service Mixlr during the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Beats Per Minute74%[7]
Clash8/10[8]
Exclaim!8/10[9]

Like its companion album Sign, Plus has been met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 5 reviews.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown[10]

Plus track listing
No.TitleLength
1."DekDre Scap B"2:46
2."7FM ic"5:56
3."marhide"3:43
4."ecol4"14:51
5."lux 106 mod"5:06
6."X4"12:21
7."ii.pre esc"4:47
8."esle 0"3:13
9."TM1 open"11:07
Total length:63:53
Japanese bonus track[11]
No.TitleLength
10."p1p2"3:44

Charts

Chart performance for Plus
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 163
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 96

References

  1. ↑ Frere-Jones, Sasha. "Autechre + Sign". S/FJ. Internet Archive: Substack. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ↑ Wren Graves (28 October 2020). "Autechre Drop Surprise Album PLUS: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Autechre - Full Twitch AMA [with Sean Booth]. 5 June 2022. Event occurs at 1042s. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ↑ Marissa Cetin (29 October 2020). "Autechre surprise with another new album, PLUS". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 "PLUS by Autechre". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "PLUS – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Sand, Josh (19 November 2020). "Album Review: Autechre – PLUS". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Roseblade, Nick (19 November 2020). "Autechre - PLUS". Clash. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Boulos, Paul (5 November 2020). "Autechre Return to Their Abstract Tendencies on 'PLUS'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. ↑ autechre.ws (28 October 2020). "AUTECHRE - PLUS. AE_STORE". AE_STORE. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "BEATINK.COM / PLUS". beat. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Plus" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Autechre – Plus" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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