Plateau Vision
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{{Infobox album
| name = Plateau Vision
| type = studio
| artist = Lushlife
| cover = Plateau Vision.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|04|17}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=55}}
| label = Western Vinyl
| producer = {{hlist|Lushlife|Botany|Mark Saddlemire|Big Jerm}}
| prev_title = No More Golden Days
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Ritualize
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Plateau Vision
| type = studio
| single1 = Still I Hear the Word Progress
| single1date = March 6, 2012{{cite web|url=http://lushlifemedia.bandcamp.com/track/still-i-hear-the-word-progress-ft-styles-p|title=Still I Hear the Word Progress (ft. Styles P) {{!}} Lushlife|work=Bandcamp|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/still-i-hear-the-word-progress-feat-styles-p-single/506114210|title=Still I Hear the Word Progress (feat. Styles P) - Single by Lushlife|work=iTunes|publisher=Apple Inc.|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}}
}}
}}
Plateau Vision is a solo studio album by Lushlife.{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/997661/stream-lushlife-plateau-vision/mp3s/album-stream/|title=Stream Lushlife Plateau Vision|work=Stereogum|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}} It was released on Western Vinyl on April 17, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/04/premiere-stream-lushlifes-plateau-vision-in-its-entirety|title=Premiere: Stream Lushlife's "Plateau Vision" In Its Entirety|work=Complex|first=Andrew|last=Martin|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}} It includes guest appearances from Styles P, Heems, Shad, and Cities Aviv.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmj.com/feature/lushlife-lush-for-life/|title=Lush For Life: Raj Haldar's heady hip-hop|work=CMJ|first=Dan|last=Jackson|date=March 26, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603195237/http://www.cmj.com/feature/lushlife-lush-for-life/|archive-date=June 3, 2012|url-status=live}} Music videos were created for "Still I Hear the Word Progress"{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1038121/lushlife-still-i-hear-the-word-progress-video-feat-styles-p/video/|title=Lushlife – "Still I Hear The Word Progress" Video (Feat. Styles P)|work=Stereogum|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=May 21, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/05/video-lushlife-f-styles-p-still-i-hear-the-word-progress|title=Video: Lushlife f/ Styles P "Still I Hear The Word Progress"|work=Complex|first=Daniel|last=Isenberg|date=May 22, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}} and "Magnolia".{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1192962/lushlife-magnolia-video/video/|title=Lushlife – "Magnolia" Video|work=Stereogum|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=November 5, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/11/video-lushlife-magnolia|title=Video: Lushlife "Magnolia"|work=Complex|first=Sam|last=Weiss|date=November 6, 2012|access-date=October 28, 2018}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 79/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/plateau-vision/lushlife|title=Plateau Vision by Lushlife|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=February 23, 2016}}
| rev1 = HipHopDX
| rev1score = 4.0/5{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.1879/title.lushlife-plateau-vision|title=Lushlife - Plateau Vision|work=HipHopDX|first=Jake|last=Paine|date=April 23, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 6.9/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16500-lushlife-plateau-vision/|title=Lushlife: Plateau Vision|work=Pitchfork|first=Harl|last=Ashurst|date=April 16, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/157082-lushlife-plateau-vision/|title=Lushlife: Plateau Vision|work=PopMatters|first=Michael|last=Frauenhofer|date=April 24, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}}
| rev4 = Spin
| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2012/04/lushlife-plateau-vision-western-vinyl/|title=Lushlife, 'Plateau Vision' (Western Vinyl)|work=Spin|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|date=April 23, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016}}
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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Jake Paine of HipHopDX gave the album a 4.0 out of 5, saying: "The artist knows he might not fit into the musical worlds that influenced him, but he pays homage to them without sacrificing much of his own dignity." Hari Ashurst of Pitchfork wrote, "there's enough of a sweet spot in the clean, backward-leaning production and offbeat samples to allow the record to distinguish itself as more than a sum of disparate parts."
Rhapsody placed it at number 8 on the "Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2012" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-20-hip-hop-albums-of-2012|title=Best Of 2012: Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums|work=Rhapsody|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|access-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214094843/http://www.rhapsody.com/blog/post/top-20-hip-hop-albums-of-2012|archive-date=December 14, 2012|url-status=live}} Stereogum placed it at number 25 on the "Top 40 Rap Albums of 2012" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1225002/stereogums-top-40-rap-albums-of-2012-2/franchises/list/|title=Stereogum's Top 40 Rap Albums Of 2012|work=Stereogum|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030090519/http://www.stereogum.com/1225002/stereogums-top-40-rap-albums-of-2012-2/franchises/list/|archive-date=October 30, 2015|url-status=live}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Magnolia
| extra1 = Lushlife
| length1 = 4:47
| title2 = Still I Hear the Word Progress
| note2 = featuring Styles P
| extra2 = Lushlife
| length2 = 5:18
| title3 = The Romance of the Telescope
| note3 = featuring Andrew Cedermark
| extra3 = Lushlife
| length3 = 4:52
| title4 = Big Sur
| extra4 = Botany
| length4 = 3:22
| title5 = Glistening
| note5 = featuring STS
| extra5 = Lushlife
| length5 = 2:34
| title6 = Gymnopedie 1.2
| note6 = featuring Shad
| extra6 = Lushlife
| length6 = 2:15
| title7 = Anthem
| extra7 = {{hlist|Lushlife|Mark Saddlemire}}
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins
| note8 = featuring Heems
| extra8 = Botany
| length8 = 3:50
| title9 = She's a Buddhist, I'm a Cubist
| note9 = featuring Cities Aviv
| extra9 = {{hlist|Lushlife|Big Jerm}}
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = Progress (Sun Glitters Reprise)
| note10 = featuring Ryat
| extra10 = Lushlife
| length10 = 4:33
| title11 = Stakk Cheddar Galore, Alwyn Dias
| extra11 = Lushlife
| length11 = 4:30
| total_length = 43:55
}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|433650|Plateau Vision}}
- {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=8e932814-64b1-4a85-b384-2ba2d6cdc302|name=Plateau Vision}}
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