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Untilted is the eighth studio album by the British electronic music duo Autechre. It was released on 18 April 2005 through Warp Records and on 9 April by Beat Records in Japan.

Autechre members Sean Booth and Rob Brown began to move back to consistent beats and traditional rhythms for the album, no longer feeling limited by set rhythms. Compared to their previous albums, no generative music was used in its production. Before its release, a fake version of the album was distributed.

Untilted received mixed reviews from critics. While many reviewers enjoyed the general sound of the album and the ideas presented, others were more critical and thought of the music as unenjoyable, alienating and boring. The duo would tour in support of the album.

Background

Starting with Draft 7.30, Autechre began to move back to more traditional rhythms for their music rather than experimental ones.^[1] In an interview, Booth noted how they were "getting more acquainted with rhythm" and how rhythm no longer limited them like it did before.^[1] The duo would use a variety of different sequences all running at the same time during the creation of Untilted.^[2] They would use different mixes of drum machines, old MIDI and analogue sequencers, as well as MPCs.^[2] The album was recorded over a period of nine months.^[3]

Contrastingly, no generative music was used during the production of the album like on Confield.^[4] Many samples were used throughout the album, some obvious and some more unknown.^[2] Booth described how analogue technology had no opportunity for review unlike digital technology, allowing the duo to "drift into another world" and "just get on with doing the tune".^[2] In response to a fan asking why they returned to "repetitive rhythmic structures" for Untilted, Brown responded that it was "hard to know when someone calls your stuff repetitive, because you know that it's not".^[5]

Music

Untilted has been described as abstract,^[6] electronic,^[7] IDM^[8] and experimental.^[9] Repetition was noted by critics as a large focus point of the album.^[6] In comparison to the duo's other works, such as Draft 7.30 and Gantz Graf, Untilted has a greater focus on rhythm and consistent beats.^[8] Collin Buttimer described the album as being "very much fascinated with rhythm and metamorphosis".^[10] Tracks throughout the album often evolve into something different than how they opened.^[7]

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Opening track "LCC" begins with a fast tempo and a forward-driving structure, before the tempo later slows down with the focus shifting to the melodics of the track.^[10] "Ipacial Section" establishes a "frantic" rhythm, with different elements being introduced over time, until the track "[sounds] much different than it did to begin with".^[8] "Pro Radii" begins with industrial sounds, which a Pitchfork review compared to "stomping through a foggy alley using meter-thick blocks of iron as shoe souls [sic]".^[7] The track also features contrasting "booming bass tones" and "smaller, staccato click-beats".^[6]

"Augmatic Disport" uses rhythmic patterns and "jittery drum'n'bass stutters" to create an effect that is "simultaneously nightmarish and exhilarating".^[10]^[6] "Iera" makes use of ambient electronics, which are "tinged with a schizophrenic twist".^[11] Autechre stated the track was "purely programmed, grid-programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around".^[4] "Fermium" progresses from fast-paced and energetic sections to slower, more subdued passages with synthesised sounds.^[6] "The Trees" borrows elements from rave music, and begins with frantic percussion, eventually evolving to "dizzyingly complex heights" before "dissolving in static".^[8]^[9] Closer "Sublimit" was originally one of Booth and Brown's longest works.^[10] It contains "beats wrapping furious trails around each other faster than the mind could follow".^[12] "Sublimit" was composed through "a drum machine up and running, 16-grid style, no swing or anything, everything just completely straight".^[4]

Release

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Autechre, 2005, playing live at the seOne nightclub.

A fake version of the album was distributed throughout the internet before its official release.^[3] When asked about the fake, Booth said "the more fakes the merrier" and revealed Autechre themselves had secretly released fakes.^[3] He concluded that the leaker's "sense of priority is clearly fucked".^[3]

Untilted was released on CD and double vinyl on 18 April 2005 through Warp Records.^[13] The album was released slightly earlier on CD on 9 April through Beat Records, only in Japan.^[14] The album's artwork was created by Alex Rutterford.^[15]

The album entered the UK Dance Albums Chart at No. 25 for two weeks, and the UK Independent Albums Chart at No. 22 for one week.^[16]^[17] The duo would go on tour in support of the album, which began on 14 April.^[5]^[18] The tour would last for seven weeks and saw them play in Europe, America and Japan.^[19]

Booth would move from Suffolk to Manchester after the conclusion of the tour, with Brown noting this put their studio "in limbo for a while".^[19] The two found themselves working more portably with laptops and gear from their concerts.^[19] They would continue composing new tracks in a variety of studio jam sessions, leading to the release of Quaristice in 2008.^[19]^[20]

Reception

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Untilted received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which aggregates scores from mainstream critics, Untilted has an average score of 69 based on 20 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews.^[21]

Writing for the Austin American-Statesman, Jeff Salamon noted the "wealth of sonic detail" after the "roadblocks" and "obstacles" throughout the album. Reviewing the album for AllMusic, John Bush noted how Autechre "certainly [weren't] launching any new styles", but the album "[represented] the duo returning to the green fields of their youth".^[22] Joshua Klein of Billboard noted how the duo had found a middle ground between science and art.^[23] Writing for Exclaim!, Heidi Chapson wrote there is "something unsettling and disturbing about the erratic heart-palpitating beats of Untilted that makes it too intriguing to just ignore".^[24] T'cha Dunlevy of The Gazette noted that the album was "music for electronica sleuths ready to work for their epiphanies" and that the duo were not "concerned with your comfort zone".^[25] In a review for The Guardian, John Burgess said Autechre were "sounding too much like themselves".^[9]

Writing for The Independent, Andy Gill called the album "the electronic equivalent of Tourette's".^[6] Through the use of a skit, Dominique Leone of Pitchfork said Untilted was both moving and had a "pretty messy, lazy form".^[7] Tim O'Neil of PopMatters said the album didn't have "a lot to grab on to" for casual listeners, but more dedicated fans would be "significantly changed by the experience".^[7] Writing for Stylus, Scott McKeating said the duo may have succeeded in blending human feeling and machine-like precision in their music, which wassomething that many electronic musicians often fail to achieve.^[26] Darryl Sterdan of The Winnipeg Sun noted there was "occasionally the sensation of a human hand, head and heart behind the machinery".^[27]

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes.^[28]

Rob Brown – production
Sean Booth – production
Noel Summerville – mastering
Alex Rutterford – design

Charts

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Chart performance for *Untilted*
Chart (2005)	Peak position

References

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External links

Untilted at the official Warp discography (features audio clips).

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-'''''Untilted''''' is the eighth studio album by the British [[electronic music]] duo [[Autechre]]. It was released by [[Warp Records]] on 18 April 2005 in Europe and 19 April 2005 in North America, and by [[Beat Records]] on 9 April 2005 in Japan. The album charted at 199 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Colin Buttimer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jqjw|title=Autechre Untilted Review|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=2015-12-13}}</ref>
+'''''Untilted''''' is the eighth studio album by the British [[electronic music]] duo [[Autechre]]. It was released on 18 April 2005 through [[Warp Records]] and on 9 April by [[Beat Records]] in Japan.
-''Untilted'' was said by critics to have a greater focus on consistent beats and rhythm compared to Brown and Booth's other works, such as ''[[Gantz Graf]]'' and ''[[Draft 7.30]]''. The album received mixed reviews from critics; some enjoyed the melodies and ideas presented, while others thought the music was unenjoyable and alienating.
+Autechre members Sean Booth and Rob Brown began to move back to consistent beats and traditional rhythms for the album, no longer feeling limited by set rhythms. Compared to their previous albums, no [[generative music]] was used in its production. Before its release, a fake version of the album was distributed.
-== Composition ==
+''Untilted'' received mixed reviews from critics. While many reviewers enjoyed the general sound of the album and the ideas presented, others were more critical and thought of the music as unenjoyable, alienating and boring. The duo would tour in support of the album.
-''Untilted'' has been described as [[absolute music|abstract]],<ref name="ti">{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Andy |title=Album: Autechre |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-autechre-488558.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 April 2008}}</ref> [[electronic music|electronic]]<ref name="pf">{{cite news |last1=Leone |first1=Dominique |title=Autechre: Untilted |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/368-untilted/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=20 April 2005}}</ref> and [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]].<ref name="pm">{{cite news |last1=O'Neil |first1=Tim |title=Autechre: Untilted |url=https://www.popmatters.com/autechre-untitled-2495827587.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=1 June 2005}}</ref> Repetition was noted by critics as a large focus point of the album.<ref name="ti" /> In comparison to the duo's other works, such as ''Draft 7.30'' and ''Gantz Graf'', ''Untilted'' has a greater focus on rhythm and consistent beats.<ref name="pm" /> Collin Buttimer described the album as being "very much fascinated with rhythm and metamorphosis".<ref name="bbc" /> Tracks throughout the album often evolve into something different than how they opened.<ref name="pf" />
+== Background ==
+Starting with ''Draft 7.30'', Autechre began to move back to more traditional rhythms for their music rather than experimental ones.<ref name="TII" /> In an interview, Booth noted how they were "getting more acquainted with rhythm" and how rhythm no longer limited them like it did before.<ref name="TII">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |title=The bleeping noise in your head? That'll be Autechre... |access-date=26 June 2025 |author=Laurence Phelan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121202545/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-bleeping-noise-in-your-head-thatll-be-autechre-593705.html |archive-date=21 November 2009 |date=6 April 2003 |work=[[The Independent]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> The duo would use a variety of different sequences all running at the same time during the creation of ''Untilted''.<ref name="CD">{{cite news |last1=Hollo |first1=Peter |title=Cyclic Defrost - Issue #011 (May 2005) - Autechre |url=http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/article.php?article=879 |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[Cyclic Defrost]] |issue=011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050615004324/http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/article.php?article=879 |archive-date=15 June 2005 |date=May 2005}}</ref> They would use different mixes of [[drum machines]], old [[MIDI]] and analogue sequencers, as well as [[Akai MPC|MPCs]].<ref name="CD" /> The album was recorded over a period of nine months.<ref name="ITM">{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Lauren |title=Autechre: Sounds like..? |url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/20857/ |access-date=27 June 2025 |work=In The Mix |date=3 May 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802002407/http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/20857/ |archive-date=2 August 2008}}</ref>
+Contrastingly, no generative music was used during the production of the album like on ''[[Confield]]''.<ref name="PFI">{{cite news |last1=Daniel |first1=Drew |title=Autechre |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6012-autechre/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=9 April 2005}}</ref> Many [[Sampling (music)|samples]] were used throughout the album, some obvious and some more unknown.<ref name="CD" /> Booth described how analogue technology had no opportunity for review unlike digital technology, allowing the duo to "drift into another world" and "just get on with doing the tune".<ref name="CD" /> In response to a fan asking why they returned to "repetitive rhythmic structures" for ''Untilted'', Brown responded that it was "hard to know when someone calls your stuff repetitive, because you know that it's not".<ref name="BBCQA">{{cite news |title=BBC - collective - autechre q&a |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3895806 |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220061144/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3895806 |archive-date=20 February 2006 |date=2005}}</ref>
+== Music ==
+''Untilted'' has been described as [[absolute music|abstract]],<ref name="ti">{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Andy |title=Album: Autechre |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-autechre-488558.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=15 April 2008 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831150102/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-autechre-488558.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[electronic music|electronic]],<ref name="pf">{{cite news |last1=Leone |first1=Dominique |title=Autechre: Untilted |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/368-untilted/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=20 April 2005 |archive-date=27 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527190706/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/368-untilted/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]]<ref name="pm">{{cite news |last1=O'Neil |first1=Tim |title=Autechre: Untilted |url=https://www.popmatters.com/autechre-untitled-2495827587.html |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=1 June 2005 |archive-date=18 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240918012648/https://www.popmatters.com/autechre-untitled-2495827587.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[experimental music|experimental]].<ref name="TG" /> Repetition was noted by critics as a large focus point of the album.<ref name="ti" /> In comparison to the duo's other works, such as ''Draft 7.30'' and ''Gantz Graf'', ''Untilted'' has a greater focus on rhythm and consistent beats.<ref name="pm" /> Collin Buttimer described the album as being "very much fascinated with rhythm and metamorphosis".<ref name="bbc" /> Tracks throughout the album often evolve into something different than how they opened.<ref name="pf" />
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-Opening track "LCC" begins with a fast tempo and a forward-driving structure, before the tempo later slows down with the focus shifting to the melodics of the track.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last1=Buttimer |first1=Colin |title=BBC - Music - Review of Autechre - Untilted |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jqjw/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[BBC Music]]}}</ref> "Ipacial Section" establishes a "frantic" rhythm, with different elements being introduced over time, until the track "[sounds] much different than it did to begin with".<ref name="pm" /> "Pro Radii" begins with industrial sounds, which a ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' review compared to "stomping through a foggy alley using meter-thick blocks of iron as shoe souls {{sic}}".<ref name="pf" /> The track also features contrasting "booming bass tones" and "smaller, staccato click-beats".<ref name="ti" />
+Opening track "LCC" begins with a fast tempo and a forward-driving structure, before the tempo later slows down with the focus shifting to the melodics of the track.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last1=Buttimer |first1=Colin |title=BBC - Music - Review of Autechre - Untilted |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jqjw/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[BBC Music]] |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123193744/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jqjw/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "Ipacial Section" establishes a "frantic" rhythm, with different elements being introduced over time, until the track "[sounds] much different than it did to begin with".<ref name="pm" /> "Pro Radii" begins with industrial sounds, which a ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' review compared to "stomping through a foggy alley using meter-thick blocks of iron as shoe souls {{sic}}".<ref name="pf" /> The track also features contrasting "booming bass tones" and "smaller, staccato click-beats".<ref name="ti" />
+"Augmatic Disport" uses rhythmic patterns and "jittery drum'n'bass stutters" to create an effect that is "simultaneously nightmarish and exhilarating".<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="ti" /> "Iera" makes use of ambient electronics, which are "tinged with a schizophrenic twist".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chapson |first1=Heidi |title=Autechre - Untilted |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/autechre-untilted |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Exclaim!]] |date=1 June 2005 |language=en}}</ref> Autechre stated the track was "purely programmed, grid-programmed, all onscreen, just nudging MIDI events around".<ref name="PFI" /> "Fermium" progresses from fast-paced and energetic sections to slower, more subdued passages with synthesised sounds.<ref name="ti" /> "The Trees" borrows elements from [[rave music]], and begins with frantic percussion, eventually evolving to "dizzyingly complex heights" before "dissolving in static".<ref name="pm" /><ref name="TG">{{cite news |last1=Burgess |first1=John |title=Autechre, Untilted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/15/popandrock.shopping5 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 April 2005}}</ref> Closer "Sublimit" was originally one of Booth and Brown's longest works.<ref name="bbc" /> It contains "beats wrapping furious trails around each other faster than the mind could follow".<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Scott |title=Autechre – Oversteps |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/autechre-oversteps-26606 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Line of Best Fit]] |date=24 March 2010}}</ref> "Sublimit" was composed through "a drum machine up and running, 16-grid style, no swing or anything, everything just completely straight".<ref name="PFI" />
+== Release ==
+[[File:Autechre SeOne.jpg|thumb|Autechre, 2005, playing live at the [[seOne]] nightclub.]]
+A fake version of the album was distributed throughout the internet before its official release.<ref name="ITM" /> When asked about the fake, Booth said "the more fakes the merrier" and revealed Autechre themselves had secretly released fakes.<ref name="ITM" /> He concluded that the leaker's "sense of priority is clearly fucked".<ref name="ITM" />
+''Untilted'' was released on [[Compact disc|CD]] and [[Phonograph record|double vinyl]] on 18 April 2005 through Warp Records.<ref>{{cite web |title=Warp / Records / Releases / Autechre / Untilted |url=http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/untilted |website=warp.net |publisher=Warp Records |access-date=26 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028191525/http://warp.net/records/releases/autechre/untilted |archive-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> The album was released slightly earlier on CD on 9 April through Beat Records, only in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Outeka "Untilted", BRC-122, 45231327122, Shopping, Billboard JAPAN |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/7199 |website=billboard-japan.com |publisher=[[Billboard Japan]] |access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref> The album's artwork was created by [[Alex Rutterford]].<ref name="BBCR">{{cite news |last1=Buttimer |first1=Colin |title=BBC - Music - Review of Autechre - Untilted |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jqjw/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[BBC]] |date=2002}}</ref>
-"Augmatic Disport" uses rhythmic patterns and "jittery drum'n'bass stutters" to create an effect that is "simultaneously nightmarish and exhilarating".<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="ti" /> "Iera" makes use of ambient electronics, which are "tinged with a schizophrenic twist".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chapson |first1=Heidi |title=Autechre - Untilted |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/autechre-untilted |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[Exclaim!]] |date=1 June 2005 |language=en}}</ref> "Fermium" progresses from fast-paced and energetic sections to slower, more subdued passages with synthesised sounds.<ref name="ti" /> "The Trees" borrows elements from [[rave music]], and begins with frantic percussion, eventually evolving to "dizzyingly complex heights" before "dissolving in static".<ref name="pm" /><ref name="tg">{{cite news |last1=Burgess |first1=John |title=Autechre, Untilted |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/15/popandrock.shopping5 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=15 April 2005}}</ref> Closer "Sublimit" was originally one of Booth and Brown's longest works.<ref name="bbc" /> It contains "beats wrapping furious trails around each other faster than the mind could follow".<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Scott |title=Autechre – Oversteps |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/autechre-oversteps-26606 |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=[[The Line of Best Fit]] |date=24 March 2010}}</ref>
+The album entered the [[UK Dance Singles and Albums Charts|UK Dance Albums Chart]] at No. 25 for two weeks, and the [[UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts|UK Independent Albums Chart]] at No. 22 for one week.<ref name="UKD" /><ref name="UKI" /> The duo would go on tour in support of the album, which began on 14 April.<ref name="BBCQA" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Music |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-2005-untilted-tour/175364441/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[The Province]] |date=14 April 2005 |location=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}}</ref> The tour would last for seven weeks and saw them play in Europe, America and Japan.<ref name="PFI2">{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Mark |title=Autechre |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6788-autechre/ |access-date=27 June 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=17 February 2008}}</ref>
+Booth would move from Suffolk to Manchester after the conclusion of the tour, with Brown noting this put their studio "in limbo for a while".<ref name="PFI2" /> The two found themselves working more portably with laptops and gear from their concerts.<ref name="PFI2" /> They would continue composing new tracks in a variety of studio jam sessions, leading to the release of ''[[Quaristice]]'' in 2008.<ref name="PFI2" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Mark |title=Autechre: Quaristice |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11245-quaristice/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=5 March 2008}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
 {{Music ratings
-| MC = 69/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|title=Untilted – Autechre|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/untilted|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
+| MC = 69/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|title=Untilted – Autechre|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/untilted|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref>
-| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
+| rev1 = ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]''
-| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r737468|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
+| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AAS">{{cite news |last1=Salamon |first1=Jeff |title=Music: CD Reviews |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-austin-america/175296577/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |date=19 May 2005 |location=Austin, Texas |page=22}}</ref>
-| rev2 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
+| rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
-| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLean |first=Euan |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4008/reviews/11921- |title=Autechre Untilted |website=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=18 April 2005 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222091608/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/4008/reviews/11921- |url-status=dead}}</ref>
+| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Untilted - Autechre |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/untilted-mw0000251705 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=en |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123184941/https://www.allmusic.com/album/untilted-mw0000251705 |url-status=live }}</ref>
-| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
+| rev3 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
-| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="tg" />
+| rev3score = 7/10<ref name="BB">{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Joshua |title=AUTECHRE, "Untilted" |url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_exclusives_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000895377 |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050429070221/http://www.billboard.com/bb/reviews/album_exclusives_article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000895377 |archive-date=29 April 2005 |date=26 April 2005}}</ref>
-| rev4 = ''[[The Independent]]''
+| rev4 = ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]''
-| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="ti" />
+| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="TGM">{{cite news |last1=Dunlevy |first1=T'cha |title=New Music - Newly Released Compact Disc |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-gazette-untilted-review/175297386/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)]] |date=5 May 2005 |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |page=50}}</ref>
-| rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
+| rev5 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
-| rev5score = 7.4/10<ref name="pf" />
+| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="TG" />
-| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
+| rev6 = ''[[The Independent]]''
-| rev6score = 8/10<ref name="pm" />
+| rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="ti" />
-| rev7 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
+| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
-| rev7Score = B−<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKeating |first=Scott |date=19 April 2005 |title=Autechre - Untilted - Review |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/untilted.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107163704/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/untilted.htm |archive-date=7 November 2006 |website=[[Stylus Magazine]]}}</ref>
+| rev7score = 7.4/10<ref name="pf" />
-| rev8 = ''[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]''
+| rev8 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
-| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |date=18 April 2005 |title=Autechre – Untilted |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/a/autechre.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013153244/http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/a/autechre.htm |archive-date=13 October 2008 |accessdate=18 April 2005 |website=[[Tiny Mix Tapes]]}}</ref>
+| rev8score = 8/10<ref name="pm" />
-| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
+| rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''
-| rev9score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>Unlike their many imitators, Autechre's music refuses to relax, ensuring them a longer radioactive half-life. [May 2005, p.106]</ref>
+| rev9score = B−<ref name="SM">{{Cite web |last=McKeating |first=Scott |date=19 April 2005 |title=Autechre - Untilted - Review |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/untilted.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107163704/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/autechre/untilted.htm |archive-date=7 November 2006 |website=[[Stylus Magazine]] |access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref>
-| rev10 = ''[[Urb (magazine)|URB]]''
+| rev10 = ''[[The Winnipeg Sun]]''
-| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>They still manage to inject their manic bursts of beats with gentle, even sweet melodies immersed deep in the cacophony. [May 2005, p.84]</ref>
+| rev10score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="TWS">{{cite news |last1=Sterdan |first1=Darryl |title=Electronica |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winnipeg-sun-winnipeg-sun-untilted-r/175296968/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=[[The Winnipeg Sun]] |date=1 July 2005 |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |page=31 |language=English}}</ref>
 }}
-''Untilted'' received mixed reviews from critics. John Burgess of [[The Guardian]] stated it was most likely to "alienate all but their most ardent fans," saying that "fractured, seemingly random beats are [its] cornerstones, with precious melodies hidden under many layers of noise." John Bush of [[AllMusic]] criticised the album's lack of innovation, but noted that Autechre had "[returned] to the green fields of their youth after a few years sowing their wild oats." Scott McKeating of [[Stylus Magazine]] praised the composition of the tracks, remarking that "there is flesh, bone, and brain beneath the near industrial barrage of beats." Andy Gill of [[The Independent]] gave a more negative review, calling the album "just a clutter of clicks and bleeps, the electronic equivalent of [[Tourette's]]."
+''Untilted'' received mixed reviews from critics. At [[Metacritic]], which aggregates scores from mainstream critics, ''Untilted'' has an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 69 based on 20 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews.<ref name="MC" />
+Writing for the ''[[Austin American-Statesman]]'', Jeff Salamon noted the "wealth of sonic detail" after the "roadblocks" and "obstacles" throughout the album. Reviewing the album for [[AllMusic]], John Bush noted how Autechre "certainly [weren't] launching any new styles", but the album "[represented] the duo returning to the green fields of their youth".<ref name="AM" /> Joshua Klein of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' noted how the duo had found a middle ground between science and art.<ref name="BB" /> Writing for ''[[Exclaim!]]'', Heidi Chapson wrote there is "something unsettling and disturbing about the erratic heart-palpitating beats of Untilted that makes it too intriguing to just ignore".<ref name="EX">{{cite news |last1=Chapson |first1=Heidi |title=Autechre - Untilted |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/autechre-untilted |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=[[Exclaim!]] |date=1 June 2005 |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101005837/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/autechre-untilted |url-status=live }}</ref> T'cha Dunlevy of ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'' noted that the album was "music for electronica sleuths ready to work for their epiphanies" and that the duo were not "concerned with your comfort zone".<ref name="TGM" /> In a review for ''[[The Guardian]]'', John Burgess said Autechre were "sounding too much like themselves".<ref name="TG" />
+Writing for ''[[The Independent]]'', Andy Gill called the album "the electronic equivalent of Tourette's".<ref name="ti" /> Through the use of a [[Sketch comedy|skit]], Dominique Leone of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' said ''Untilted'' was both moving and had a "pretty messy, lazy form".<ref name="pf" /> Tim O'Neil of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said the album didn't have "a lot to grab on to" for casual listeners, but more dedicated fans would be "significantly changed by the experience".<ref name="pf" /> Writing for ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'', Scott McKeating said the duo may have succeeded in blending human feeling and machine-like precision in their music, which wassomething that many electronic musicians often fail to achieve.<ref name="SM" /> Darryl Sterdan of ''[[The Winnipeg Sun]]'' noted there was "occasionally the sensation of a human hand, head and heart behind the machinery".<ref name="TWS" />
 ==Track listing==
-{{track listing
+{{Track listing
-| all_writing  = Sean Booth and Rob Brown
+| headline      = ''Untilted'' track listing
+| all_writing   = Sean Booth and Rob Brown
 | title1        = LCC
 | length1       = 7:46
@@ Line 88: / Line 114: @@
 | title8        = Sublimit
 | length8       = 15:52
-| title9          = Zurich 2001
+| total_length  = 69:50
-| length9         = 1:52
+}}
-| note9          = Japanese bonus track
-| total_length    = 71:42
+{{Track listing
+| headline      = Japanese bonus track
+| title9        = Zurich 2001
+| length9       = 1:52
+| total_length  = 71:52
 }}
+== Personnel ==
+Credits adapted from the liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=''Untilted''|others=Sean Booth|year=2005|publisher=[[Warp Records|Warp]]|id=WARPLP180|last=Brown|first=Rob|author-link=Autechre}}</ref>
+* Rob Brown – production
+* Sean Booth – production
+* Noel Summerville – mastering
+* [[Alex Rutterford]] – design
+== Charts ==
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|+ Chart performance for ''Untilted''
+! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
+! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
+|-
+{{album chart|UKDance|25|date=20050507|rowheader=true|refname="UKD"|access-date=26 June 2025}}
+|-
+{{album chart|UKIndependent|22|date=20050430|rowheader=true|refname="UKI"|access-date=26 June 2025}}
+|-
+|}
 ==References==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==

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