LP5

The untitled fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Autechre was released in 1998 by Warp. No title was printed anywhere within the artwork, so it is commonly referred to as LP5, in line with the later EP EP7; it has also been called Autechre, as well as Album, as listed on promotional copies.[1]

LP5
Studio album by Autechre
Released	13 July 1998 (1998-07-13)
Genre	IDM
Length	76:16
Label	Warp
Producer	Autechre
Autechre chronology
Cichlisuite (1997) LP5 (1998) Peel Session (1999)

The album shows Autechre abandoning the full, warm sounds of earlier albums like Amber in favor of a fine-tuned, technical style they had begun exploring on Chiastic Slide and the Cichlisuite EP.

Production

The track "Drane2" is a response to Aphex Twin's "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball", which, according to Sean Booth, is an answer to Autechre's earlier track "Drane":

"yeah we did the track drane, which had that exponential speeding-up delay thing happening, and then rich did that bouncing ball track, and we answered it with drane2 which was the same delay trick but feeding percussion into it instead, as a kind of tease"[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Greg Prato of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars and said that "all the songs are cut from the same sonic cloth".[3] Pitchfork listed LP5 at number eight on its 2017 list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time", one of three Autechre albums to be included; reviewer Mark Richardson stated that the album effectively balances the accessibility of their earlier work with the more challenging material to come, and thus represents "a certain peak."[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sean Booth and Rob Brown.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Acroyear2"	8:39
2.	"777"	5:49
3.	"Rae"	7:13
4.	"Melve"	1:14
5.	"Vose In"	5:21
6.	"Fold4,Wrap5"	3:58
7.	"Under BOAC"	6:22
8.	"Corc"	5:50
9.	"Caliper Remote"	1:40
10.	"Arch Carrier"	6:49
11.	"Drane2" (9:38) (Untitled hidden track starts at 21:42)	23:21
Total length:		76:16

On US pressings, the hidden track is moved to its own 12th track, and the silence after "Drane2" is shortened by three minutes. The hidden track is not found on vinyl pressings.

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[8]	135
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[9]	17

References

1. http://www.discogs.com/Autechre-LP5/release/354772
2. Booth, Sean. "AAA – Ask Autechre Anything – Sean and Rob on WATMM! – Page 109". WATMM. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
3. Prato, Greg. "LP5 – Autechre". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Autechre". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
5. Schreiber, Ryan. "Autechre: Autechre". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
6. Sisario, Ben (2004). "Autechre". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 29. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
7. Pitchfork staff (24 January 2017). "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. p. 5. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
8. "Chart Log UK: A – Azzido Da Bass". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
9. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 August 2019.