Welcome Reality

Welcome Reality is the debut album by British dubstep group Nero. A concept album[1], it was released first in Ireland on 12 August 2011[2] and the rest of the world on 15 August 2011 except Australia and New Zealand where it was released on 19 August 2011[3] on Chase & Status's MTA Records.[4] The album has sold 120,000 copies in the United States as of July 2015.[5]

Welcome Reality
Studio album by
Nero
Released12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)
Recorded6 October 2008 – 1 April 2011
Genre
Length61:10
Label
ProducerNero
Nero chronology
Welcome Reality
(2011)		 Between II Worlds
(2015)
Alternative cover
2012 re-issue (Welcome Reality +)
Singles from Welcome Reality
  1. "Innocence"
    Released: 26 April 2010
  2. "Me and You"
    Released: 2 January 2011
  3. "Guilt"
    Released: 24 April 2011
  4. "Promises"
    Released: 5 August 2011
  5. "Crush on You"
    Released: 13 October 2011
  6. "Reaching Out"
    Released: 16 December 2011
  7. "Must Be the Feeling"
    Released: 5 March 2012
  8. "Won't You (Be There)"
    Released: 19 October 2012

Critical response
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
BBC(Unfavorable)[6]
Clash(4/10)[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Independent(Favorable)[9]
LA Times(Favorable)[10]
MusicOMH[11]
NY Times(Favorable)[12]
Pop Matters(7/10)[13]
Spin(7/10)[14]

Welcome Reality has received generally positive reviews. Spin gave the album a score of 7/10, and wrote, "Alana Watson gives Nero's robotic skronk a rare injection of humanity, and the U.K. producers are smart enough to build most of their debut full-length around her husky voice, skipping the sampled spasticity of Skrillex in favor of Daft Punk's melodic big beat, '80s-inspired electro, and stadium-sized mash-ups of squealing guitar and windy synths."[14] Jeff Weiss, for the LA Times, found the album to be "As effective as it is predictable", stating "Welcome Reality will inevitably soundtrack thousands of summer and fall blowouts".[10] The album was not well received by Clash, who stated that "Welcome Reality is so in your face and predictable it feels like the musical equivalent of a Michael Bay movie: loud, crass, periodically fun, but ultimately forgettable".[7]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."2808"1:53
2."Doomsday"4:12
3."My Eyes"4:41
4."Guilt"4:43
5."Fugue State"3:35
6."Me and You"4:08
7."Innocence"5:08
8."In the Way"3:57
9."Scorpions"5:56
10."Crush on You"4:10
11."Must Be the Feeling"4:03
12."Reaching Out"4:45
13."Promises"4:17
14."Departure"5:34
Amazon UK bonus track[15]
No.TitleLength
15."Innocence" (Hesper Muze Remix)5:49
iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks[16]
No.TitleLength
15."Angst (prod. by Justice)"4:51
16."Welcome Reality VIP"4:27
17."This Way" (Album Version)5:49
18."New Life"4:33
19."Choices" (Album Version)6:14
20."Symphony 2808"17:34
21."Symphony 2808" (Video)18:12
Welcome Reality + bonus tracks[17]
No.TitleLength
15."Won't You (Be There)"4:03
16."Etude"4:17
17."Promises" (Skrillex and Nero Remix)4:28

Charts
Charts (2011) Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA)[18] 12
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[19] 29
Irish Albums Chart[20] 52
New Zealand Albums Chart[21] 32
Scottish Albums Chart[22] 2
Swiss Albums Chart[23] 88
UK Albums Chart[24] 1
UK Dance Albums Chart[25] 1
US Top Current Albums (Billboard)[26] 178
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[27] 6
US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums[27] 6
gollark: You could just send them publicly or something. But not now, I want to see if I can practically make a 3D visualization thing.
gollark: I don't really 3D graphics but I could probably glue enough libraries together to make it work.
gollark: 3D is doable, if you want the cultural axis too?
gollark: By "compass", do you mean the boring 2D one, or do you want to project them onto a 10-cube?
gollark: I'm not entirely sure what essentialist/constructivist is about, but oh well.

References
  1. O'Brien, Jon. Welcome Reality at AllMusic
  2. "iTunes - Music - Welcome Reality by Nero". Itunes.apple.com. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. "'Welcome Reality' release date, track listing and art work announced". Nero. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  4. Sigel, Tego (11 April 2011). "Nero To Release Their Debut Album Welcome To Reality In August". RWDmag. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  5. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015.
  6. "Music - Review of Nero - Welcome Reality". BBC. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. "Nero - Welcome Reality | Clash Music Latest Album Review". Clashmusic.com. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  8. Alexis Petridis (4 August 2011). "Nero: Welcome Reality - review | Music". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  9. Simon Price (14 August 2011). "Album: Nero, Welcome Reality (Mercury) - Reviews - Music". The Independent. London. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  10. "Album Review: Nero's 'Welcome Reality' - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  11. "Nero - Welcome Reality | album reviews". musicOMH. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  12. Caramanica, Jon (19 December 2011). "Young Jeezy, Nero, and Bryan and the Haggards - Review". The New York Times.
  13. Schiller, Mike. "Nero: Welcome Reality < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  14. "Nero, 'Welcome Reality' (MTA)". SPIN. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  15. "Welcome Reality (Amazon Exclusive Bonus Track): Nero: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads". Amazon.de. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  16. "iTunes - Music - Welcome Reality (Deluxe Version) by Nero". Itunes.apple.com. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  17. "Welcome Reality +". Amazon.com.
  18. "Australian-Charts.com". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  19. "Nero - Welcome Reality". ultratop.be. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  20. Irish Albums Chart - Week: 18 August 2011 IRMA, Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  21. Steffen Hung. "Nero - Welcome Reality". charts.nz. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  22. Scottish Albums Chart - Week Ending: 27 August 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  23. "Rumer - Seasons of My Soul". hitparade.ch/.
  24. UK Albums Chart - Week Ending: 27 August 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  25. UK Dance Albums Chart - Week Ending: 27 August 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  26. "Top Current Albums". Billboard.biz. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  27. "Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard.com. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
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