Visits from Future Technology

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Visits from Future Technology
The album title written in simple white text on top of an obscure black design on top of a white background
Studio album by
Released20 August 2021 (2021-08-20)
Length41:37
LabelSWRX
ProducerSunny Levine
Shaun Ryder chronology
Amateur Night in the Big Top
(2003)
Visits from Future Technology
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Arts Desk[1]
Louder Than War9/10[2]
Mojo[3]

Visits from Future Technology is the second studio album by British singer Shaun Ryder, the frontman of Happy Mondays and Black Grape. It was produced by Sunny Levine and released on 20 August 2021 by SWRX Recordings, Ryder's own label.[4] "Mumbo Jumbo" was released as the first single from the album in June 2021.[5]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Mumbo Jumbo" (Shaun Ryder, Sunny Levine, Ariel Rosenberg) – 3:38
  2. "Close the Dam" (Ryder, Levine, Amir Yaghmai) – 4:01
  3. "Pop Star's Daughters" (Ryder, Levine, Rosenberg) – 3:52
  4. "Monster" (Ryder, Levine, Eamond Ryland) – 4:30
  5. "Honey Put the Kettle On" (Ryder, Levine, Giuseppe Patane) – 3:11
  6. "Crazy Bitches" (Ryder, Levine, Yaghmai) – 3:12
  7. "Straighten Me Up" (Ryder, Levine, Yaghmai) – 3:44
  8. "I Can Stop Anytime" (Ryder, Levine) – 4:00
  9. "Electric Scales" (Ryder, Levine, Patane) – 3:28
  10. "Turn Off the Air" (Ryder, Levine, Rosenberg) – 3:02
  11. "Clubbing Rabbits" (Ryder, Dan Broad, Gary Whelan) – 4:59

Personnel[edit]

Personnel per sleeve.[6]

  • Shaun Ryder – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Sunny Levine – riddim, synths, tings, background vocals
  • Ariel Pink – guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals, beatbox
  • Amir Yaghmai – guitar, bass, plucked violin, synth
  • Eamond Ryland – guitar, pedal steel, bass
  • Joachim Cooder – percussion
  • John Carroll Kirby – keyboards, synth bass, synths
  • Julie Gordon – background vocals
  • Giuseppe Patane – bass, guitar, synths
  • Jesse Nolan – guitar
  • Dan Broad – synths, guitar
  • Norman Mcleod – pedal steel

References[edit]

  1. ^ Reilly, Kathryn (18 August 2021). "Album: Shaun Ryder - Visits from Future Technology". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ Walker, Ryan (19 August 2021). "Shaun Ryder: Visits from Future Technology". Louder Than War. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ https://archive.org/details/mojo-october-2021/page/90/mode/2up
  4. ^ Krol, Charlotte (10 May 2021). "Shaun Ryder announces first solo album in 18 years, Visits From Future Technology". NME. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. ^ Reilly, Nick (28 June 2021). "Shaun Ryder releases baggy solo track 'Mumbo Jumbo'". NME. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  6. ^ Shaun Ryder (2021). Visits from Future Technology (sleeve). SWRX Recordings.