Beautiful Rewind

The album was announced on 22 July 2013. Kieran Hebden hinted that the release of the album would be low-key, stating on Twitter that there would be "no pre order, no youtube trailers, no itunes stream, no spotify, no amazon deal, no charts, no bit coin deal, no last minute rick rubin [referring to Rubin's enlistment by Kanye West to perform last-minute alterations to his recently released album Yeezus]."{{cite web|last=Goble|first=Corban|title=Four Tet Announces New Album, Beautiful Rewind {{!}} News|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/51606-four-tet-announces-new-album-beautiful-rewind/|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=28 October 2013|date=22 July 2013}}

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 7.4/10{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/5925/Four-Tet-Beautiful-Rewind.aspx|title=Beautiful Rewind by Four Tet reviews|work=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=24 December 2019}}

| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/beautiful-rewind/four-tet|title=Reviews for Beautiful Rewind by Four Tet|work=Metacritic|accessdate=25 October 2013}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Kellman|first=Andy|title=Beautiful Rewind – Four Tet|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/beautiful-rewind-mw0002579685|work=AllMusic|accessdate=15 November 2013}}

| rev2 = Fact

| rev2Score = 3.5/5{{cite web|last=Lea|first=Tom|title=Beautiful Rewind|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/10/05/four-tet-beautiful-rewind/|work=Fact|accessdate=14 October 2013|date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016123624/http://www.factmag.com/2013/10/05/four-tet-beautiful-rewind/|archivedate=16 October 2013|df=dmy}}

| rev3 = Financial Times

| rev3Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|title=Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind|url=https://www.ft.com/content/b069a6ee-35f9-11e3-952b-00144feab7de|work=Financial Times|accessdate=14 June 2019|date=19 October 2013|url-access=subscription}}

| rev4 = The Irish Times

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Jim|author-link=Jim Carroll (journalist)|title=Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/four-tet-beautiful-rewind-1.1572040|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=14 June 2019|date=24 October 2013}}

| rev5 = The Observer

| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Killian|title=Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/13/four-tet-beautiful-rewind-review|work=The Observer|accessdate=25 October 2013|date=13 October 2013}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 7.4/10{{cite web|last=Gaerig|first=Andrew|title=Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18649-four-tet-beautiful-rewind/|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=25 October 2013|date=17 October 2013}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Four Tet: Beautiful Rewind|journal=Q|issue=329|date=December 2013|page=115}}

| rev8 = Resident Advisor

| rev8Score = 4.0/5{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Derek|title=Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/13904|work=Resident Advisor|accessdate=14 June 2019|date=29 October 2013}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Battaglia|first=Andy|title=Beautiful Rewind|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/beautiful-rewind-20131018|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=25 October 2013|date=18 October 2013}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite web|last=Beta|first=Andy|title=Four Tet Vividly Imagines Future Dance Floors on 'Beautiful Rewind'|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/10/four-tet-beautiul-rewind-text/|work=Spin|accessdate=25 October 2013|date=17 October 2013}}

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Upon its release, Beautiful Rewind received some critical acclaim. At Metacritic, the album has received a score of 79 out of 100, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Killian Fox, writing for The Observer, described the album as "an (almost) unexpected pleasure". Fact magazine's Tom Lea offered the opinion that "Beautiful Rewind feels like Four Tet coming full circle" before commenting that "no matter how grubby it gets, at the heart of it will always be one fact: Four Tet's forte is making Beautiful Music." AllMusic reviewer Andy Kellman stated that "while the album does seem rather patched together with a lack of focus... there's an irrefutable charm to the restlessness." In her review for Consequence of Sound, Paula Mejia was disappointed that "the tracks don't necessarily resonate as did the memorable, emotive singles that won over listeners' hearts to begin with on catalogue highlight Rounds".{{cite web|last=Mejia|first=Paula|title=Album Review: Four Tet – Beautiful Rewind|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/album-review-four-tet-beautiful-rewind/|work=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=21 October 2013|date=21 October 2013}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Kieran Hebden

| title1 = Gong

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Parallel Jalebi

| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Our Navigation

| length3 = 3:54

| title4 = Ba Teaches Yoga

| length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Kool FM

| length5 = 5:09

| title6 = Crush

| length6 = 2:26

| title7 = Buchla

| length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Aerial

| length8 = 5:57

| title9 = Ever Never

| length9 = 0:32

| title10 = Unicorn

| length10 = 3:31

| title11 = Your Body Feels

| length11 = 4:04

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