For the Masses (Hadouken! album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = For the Masses
| type = album
| artist = Hadouken!
| cover = For_The_Masses.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 January 2010
| recorded = Summer 2009 at Groningen, The Netherlands
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 43:56
| label = Surface Noise
| producer = Noisia
| prev_title = M.A.D. EP
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Every Weekend
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = For The Masses
| type = studio
| single1 = M.A.D.
| single1date = 14 September 2009
| single2 = Turn the Lights Out
| single2date = 20 December 2009
| single3 = Mic Check
| single3date = 12 April 2010
| single4 = House is Falling
| single4date = 28 June 2010
}}
}}
For the Masses is the second studio album by British grindie band Hadouken!.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/news/hadouken-reveal-album-for-the-masses |title=Hadouken Reveal Album for the Masses |date=10 Nov 2009 |work=This Is Fake DIY |publisher= |accessdate=10 Nov 2009}} It was recorded in Groningen, The Netherlands during the Summer of 2009, and preceded by the release of the M.A.D. EP.
Track listing
All songs written by Hadouken! and Noisia
{{tracklist
| title1 = Rebirth
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Turn the Lights Out
| length2 = 3:53
| title3 = M.A.D.
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Evil
| length4 = 3:56
| title5 = House is Falling
| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Mic Check
| length6 = 3:26
| title7 = Ugly
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Bombshock
| length8 = 3:54
| title9 = Play the Night
| length9 = 4:13
| length10 = 4:16
| title11 = Retaliate
| note11 = iTunes Bonus Track
| length11 = 4:07
}}
- "Ugly" was featured as a dub mix on the M.A.D. EP.
Chart position
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart
! Peak Position |
|---|
| UK Albums Chart
| style="text-align: center;" | 19 |
Release
The album was released on 25 January 2010. Fans who pre-ordered the album through the official website received a signed copy a few days early, with their name included on a mini poster inside the case.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 43/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/for-the-masses/hadouken!|title=For the Masses by Hadouken!|website=Metacritic |publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2016}}
|rev1 = Drowned in Sound
|rev2 = The Music Fix
|rev3 = NME
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/hadouken/11033|title=Album review: Hadouken! - For The Masses (Surface Noise) - NME.COM|last=NME.COM|website=NME |date=15 January 2010 |publisher=|accessdate=19 September 2016}}
|rev4 = True to Sound
}}
Reviews for the album have been mostly negative.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/hadouken/forthemasses |title=For the Masses |work=Metacritic |accessdate=13 Feb 2010}} Drowned in Sound stated that "This aggressive tone... breaks new boundaries in something absolutely ridiculous",{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15047/reviews/4138896 |title=Hadouken! - For the Masses |author=William Grant |date=22 Jan 2010 |publisher=Drowned in Sound |accessdate=26 July 2010 |archive-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215184137/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15047/reviews/4138896 |url-status=dead }} whilst NME feels "James Smith is in the throes of an aneurysm. By the end of For the Masses you might well be wishing one on yourself just for sweet relief."{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/hadouken/11033 |title=Album review: Hadouken! - For The Masses (Surface Noise) |author=Gavin Haynes |date=15 Jan 2010 |publisher=NME |accessdate=26 July 2010}} Both reviewers gave the album 3 out of 10 stars. One notable exception to this negative trend was Q, whose reviewer called the album "addictive, energizing, and catchy as hell."
Hadouken!
- James Smith - vocals, programming
- Daniel "Pilau" Rice - guitar, synthesizer
- Christopher Purcell - bass, synthesizer, samples
- Alice Spooner - synthesizer
- Nick Rice - drums, programming
References
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