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A Hundred Days Off
A Hundred Days Off ry sung/spoken over the beats. The album is considered
to be less aggressive than their previous album, Beaucoup
Fish, often more open to ambient music and lounge music
aesthetics than solely techno music.
Critical Reception
A Hundred Days Off received generally positive reviews
from most music critics. It has a score of 71/100 on Meta-
critic based on 18 reviews. NME gave the album 8/10 de-
scribing it as "Their best album since their ’Dubnobass-
withmyheadman’ debut, Karl and Rick have pulled off a
comeback in fine style and laid some demons to rest" and
also stating that "Underworld prove that you’re only as
old as the technology you use". Rolling Stone gave the al-
bum 3 out of 5 stars saying that "The beauty of A Hun-
Studio album by Underworld
dred Days Off is that it pumps and churns so suggestively;
Released 24 September 2002 it somehow evokes the blues of the otherwise successful
modern man, who goes out every night and dances alone
Genre Techno, house, electronica
in his head". Uncut gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying
Length 61:57 it is "A very fine album--Underworld don’t make any oth-
Label V2 Records er kind...a beautiful and baffling enigma."
Producer Karl Hyde, Rick Smith
Underworld chronology
Promo version
In the Spring of 2011, an alternate version of the album
Everything, Everything A Hundred Days Off 1992-2002 was distributed by a fan who was previously unaware
(2000) (2002) (2003) that it was not widely heard. This version of the album
was called "Ansum", and was apparently an early un-
Singles from A Hundred Days Off mastered cut of the album burned onto a CD-R for in-
ternal use at V2. Most of the tracks are very similar, if
1. "Two Months Off"
not identical, to the final album version; however, the
Released: September 2, 2002
2. "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" track order is changed and leaves out the track "Little
Released: January 20, 2003 Speaker". Two major differences do exist on this version,
on the tracks "Mo Move" and "Twist", the former which
A Hundred Days Off is a 2002 (see 2002 in music) album by is doubled in length and shares its second half with a
Underworld. The album produced two UK Singles Chart re-worked version of the b-side "Ansum", and the latter
entries: "Two Months Off", which reached no. 12 and "Di- which contained an extended drum outro. Two other
nosaur Adventure 3D", which reached no. 34. Although tracks, "Ballet Lane" and "Trim" contain minor percus-
this was the first album since Darren Emerson’s depar- sion differences.
ture from the group in 2001, the album is not a huge styl-
istic makeover as the focus is still techno, although with-
out the thumping beats that defined their previous long-
Track listing
player Beaucoup Fish. All songs by Underworld.
Side A
Sound 1. "Mo Move" – 6:54
As with any Underworld album, the songs are generally 2. "Two Months Off" – 9:08
long (over five minutes in length) and full of synthesiz-
ers, drum machines and stream-of-consciousness poet-
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (71/100) [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Pitchfork Media (6.9/10) [3]
Resident Advisor [4]
Uncut [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
The Guardian [7]
Mojo [8]
Alternative Press [9]
Stylus Magazine (B+) [10]
NME (8/10) [11]
Spin (8/10) [12]
Almost Cool (7.75/10) [13]
Laut.de [14]
Amazon.com [15]
Amazon.co.uk [16]
Side B [2] http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hundred-days-
off-r604121
1. "Twist" – 6:24
[3] http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/
2. "Sola Sistim" – 6:26
record_review/22858-a-hundred-days-off
[4] http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-
Side C view.aspx?id=573
1. "Little Speaker" – 8:38 [5] http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Underworld-Hundred-
2. "Trim" – 3:23 Days-Off-CD-2002-/4011202
3. "Ess Gee" – 2:22 [6] link
[7] http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2002/sep/13/
Side D popandrock.artsfeatures
1. "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" – 7:56 [8] Oct 2002, p.120
2. "Ballet Lane" – 3:39 [9] Oct 2002, p.82
3. "Luetin" – 7:00 [10] http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/
underworld/a-hundred-days-off.htm
Promo Version track listing [11] http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/
6723
1. "Two Months Off" — 9:08 [12] http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Underworld-Hundred-
2. "Twist" — 8:46 Days-Off-CD-2002-/4011202
3. "Sola Systim" (Different spelling) — 6:12 [13] http://www.almostcool.org/mr/1353/
4. "Ess Gee" — 2:17 [14] http://www.laut.de/Underworld/A-Hundred-
5. "Mo Move" — 13:48 Days-Off-(Album)
6. "Trim" — 3:18 [15] http://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Off-
7. "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" — 7:55 Underworld/dp/B00006JBKQ
8. "Ballet Lane" — 3:26 [16] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hundred-Days-Off-
9. " Luetin" — 7:06 Underworld/dp/B000069CK6
References
[1] http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-hundred-
days-off
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