Black City (Matthew Dear album)

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Black City
Studio album by Matthew Dear
Released	August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)
Genre	Electronic
Length	47:47
Label	Ghostly International
Producer	Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear chronology
Asa Breed (2007) Black City (2010) Beams (2012)

Black City is the fourth studio album by Matthew Dear. It was released via Ghostly International in 2010. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart,^[1] as well as number 29 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	C[5]
Clash	9/10[6]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Paste	8.3/10[9]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[10]
PopMatters	[11]
Resident Advisor	4.0/5[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Black City received an average score of 78, based on 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[3]

Pitchfork placed it at number 46 on its list of "The Top 50 Albums of 2010".^[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Dear

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honey"	3:47
2.	"I Can't Feel"	4:18
3.	"Little People (Black City)"	9:20
4.	"Slowdance"	4:22
5.	"Soil to Seed"	2:28
6.	"You Put a Smell on Me"	5:04
7.	"Shortwave"	5:12
8.	"Monkey"	3:39
9.	"More Surgery"	5:30
10.	"Gem"	4:07
Total length:		47:47

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Matthew Dear – production
• Paul Gold – mastering
• Will Calcutt – artwork, photography

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[1]	17
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[2]	29

References

1. "Matthew Dear - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
2. "Matthew Dear - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
3. "Black City by Matthew Dear". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
4. Kellman, Andy. "Black City - Matthew Dear". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
5. Mincher, Chris (August 17, 2010). "Matthew Dear: Black City". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
6. Salmon, Will (August 16, 2010). "Matthew Dear - Black City". Clash. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
7. Truss, Si (August 11, 2010). "Album Review: Matthew Dear - Black City". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
8. Macpherson, Alex (August 12, 2010). "Matthew Dear: Black City". The Guardian. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
9. Matos, Michaelangelo (August 17, 2010). "Matthew Dear: Black City". Paste. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
10. Colly, Joe (August 13, 2010). "Matthew Dear: Black City". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
11. Aspray, Benjamin (August 15, 2010). "Matthew Dear: Black City". PopMatters. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
12. Burns, Todd L. (August 16, 2010). "Matthew Dear - Black City". Resident Advisor. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
13. Hill, Jay (August 16, 2010). "Matthew Dear - Black City". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
14. "Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2010 | Features (page 1 of 5)". Pitchfork. December 16, 2010. Archived from the original on April 20, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.

External links

• Black City at Discogs (list of releases)