Global Intimacy
{{short description|2018 album by Barney McAll}}
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| type = studio
| artist = Barney Mcall (TQX)
| cover = TQX - Global Intimacy.png
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2018|12|07}}
| genre = Pop
| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=25}}
| label = *Extra Celestial Arts
- Inpartmaint Inc.
| producer = Barney McAll
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Global Intimacy
| type = studio
| single1 = The Day That You Moved On
| single1date = 10 November 2017
| single2 = The Day That You Moved On (Abhi The Nomad & Ellis Miah Remix)
| single2date = 9 February 2018
| single3 = When They Come For Us
| single3date = 5 April 2018
| single4 = Text Me Back
| single4date = 6 July 2018
| single5 = The End Is The Beginning
| single5date = 28 July 2018
| single6 = Double Click To Kill
| single6date = 24 August 2018
| single7 = Useless Generation
| single7date = 25 January 2019
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Global Intimacy is the thirteenth studio album by Australian jazz pianist and composer Barney McAll. It was released worldwide on 7 December 2018. Global Intimacy was released under the pseudonym TQX, also known as TourniquetX.
The album is inspired by the dystopian prophecies of TV drama Black Mirror, the Hollywood movie Her, and the very real spread of fake news via online networks. TQX wants to draw attention to this nightmarish situation, and wants to make everyone question the reliance on screens.{{Cite web|title=TQX|url=https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/tqx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073520/https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/tqx|archive-date=25 January 2019|access-date=2 April 2021|publisher=Triple J Unearthed}} The album cover is an image made by Banksy. However, TQX does not have the permission to use it.{{fact|date=November 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Global Intimacy track listing
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| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Log Off And Live
| note1 = featuring Kool A.D.
| length1 = 02:36
| writer1 = {{hlist|Barney McAll|Kool A.D.}}
| extra1 = McAll
| title2 = Text Forgiveness
| note2 = featuring Invenio Singers
| length2 = 00:32
| writer2 = Traditional
| extra2 = Traditional
| title3 = Text Me Back
| note3 = featuring Sirah & Kool A.D.
| length3 = 03:25
| writer3 = {{hlist|McAll|Sia Furler|Sirah|Kool A.D.}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|McAll|Genji Siraisi}}
| title4 = The End Is The Beginning
| note4 = featuring Genevieve Artadi
| length4 = 03:39
| writer4 = {{hlist|McAll|Phil Rose}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|McAll|Justin Shave}}
| title5 = Double Click To Kill
| note5 = featuring KiDD iCARUS & Belle Bangard
| length5 = 02:47
| writer5 = {{hlist|McAll|Gabriel Winterfield|Rose}}
| extra5 = McAll
| title6 = When They Come For Us
| note6 = featuring Daniel Merriweather
| length6 = 04:15
| writer6 = {{hlist|McAll|Merriweather}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|McAll|Gareth Thompson}}
| title7 = Living The Greatest Lie
| note7 = featuring Shayna Steele
| length7 = 04:32
| writer7 = {{hlist|McAll|Rose}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|McAll|Ellis Miah}}
| title8 = The Day That You Moved On
| note8 = featuring Sia
| length8 = 03:21
| writer8 = {{hlist|McAll|Furler}}
| extra8 = McAll
| title9 = As The World Ends
| note9 = featuring Gian Slater & Pete Miser
| length9 = 03:24
| writer9 = {{hlist|McAll|Rose|Slater|Miser}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|McAll|Siraisi}}
| title10 = Intellectual Property Theft
| note10 = featuring Malik Work
| length10 = 03:02
| writer10 = {{hlist|McAll|Rose|Work}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|McAll|Aaron Choulai}}
| title11 = Facebook Killed The Arts
| note11 = featuring Josh Mease
| length11 = 03:11
| writer11 = {{hlist|McAll|Rose|Furler}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|McAll|Siraisi}}
| title12 = The Day That You Moved On (Abhi The Nomad & Ellis Miah Remix)
| note12 = featuring Sia, Abhi The Nomad & Ellis Miah
| length12 = 03:18
| writer12 = {{hlist|McAll|Furler}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|McAll|Abhi The Nomad|Miah}}
| title13 = Useless Generation
| note13 = featuring Cormega & Kool A.D.
| length13 = 02:57
| writer13 = {{hlist|McAll|Rose|Cormega|Kool A.D.}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|McAll}}
| title14 = You Played The Knife
| note14 = featuring Gian Slater
| length14 = 04:04
| writer14 = {{hlist|McAll|Slater}}
| extra14 = McAll
| title15 = Ghostly Machine
| note15 = featuring Gian Slater
| length15 = 03:34
| writer15 = McAll
| extra15 = McAll
| title16 = Pay No Attention
| note16 = featuring Ben Monder
| length16 = 01:37
| writer16 = Monder
| extra16 = McAll
| title17 = Do Not React
| note17 = featuring Invenio Singers
| length17 = 02:03
| writer17 = McAll
| extra17 = McAll
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| total_length = 52:25
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Critical reception
NME described "The Day That You Moved On" as "mind bending" and "epic".{{Cite web|date=10 November 2017|title=TQX and Sia unveil mind-bending video for 'The Day That You Moved On'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tqx-sia-unveil-epic-video-day-moved-2158220|access-date=2 April 2021|website=NME}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = The Sydney Morning Herald
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The Sydney Morning Herald{{'s}} Kish Lal gave the album three stars out of five and stated that the production of Global Intimacy is slick and reminiscent of PC Music's 2014 brand of anti-pop, yet elevated for this year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/music-reviews-juliana-hatfield-you-tell-me-tqx-rachel-scott-and-more-20190107-h19sne.html|title=Music reviews: Juliana Hatfield, You Tell Me, TQX, Rachel Scott and more|last=Zwartz|first=Barry Divola, Bruce Elder, Kish Lal, John Shand, Bronwyn Thompson and Barney|date=2019-01-07|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-01-24}} 4ZZZ's Chris Cobcroft noted that Global Intimacy is more-or-less a top-forty pop / hip hop record, that can be as sugary as any of Sia’s more recent confections. He also noted that lyrics are, the densest diatribe against the evils of the corporate music industry, technology, fascism, capitalism and more.{{Cite web|url=http://4zzz.org.au/reviews/album/tourniquetx-global-intimacy|title=4ZZZ|website=4zzz.org.au|access-date=2019-01-24}} The Australian{{'s}} Eric Meyers said about the album that the key to this work is the preponderance of lovely pop songs which comprise more than half the album. He also noted that they feature beautiful melody lines, highly intelligent lyrics, and the rich vocal harmonies characteristic of the best pop music, put together with considerable mastery.{{Cite web|url=https://ericmyersjazz.com/cd-reviews-page-18/|title=CD REVIEWS PAGE 18|website=Eric Myers Jazz|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}