White Men Are Black Men Too

White Men Are Black Men Too is the second studio album by Scottish indie group Young Fathers. It was released on Big Dada on 6 April 2015.[2] It peaked at number 41 on the UK Albums Chart.[5]

White Men Are Black Men Too
Studio album by
Released6 April 2015 (2015-04-06)
Genre
Length38:53
LabelBig Dada
Young Fathers chronology
Dead
(2014)
White Men Are Black Men Too
(2015)
Cocoa Sugar
(2018)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[6]
Metacritic83/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [8]
Cuepoint (Expert Witness)A−[9]
The Guardian     [10]
The Independent     [3]
Mojo     [11]
NME7/10[2]
Pitchfork6.8/10[12]
Q     [13]
Spin8/10[14]
Uncut8/10[15]

White Men Are Black Men Too received critical acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 83, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Andy Gill of The Independent felt that the album "has less to do, musically, with traditional American hip-hop than it does with a European indie sensibility grounded in krautrock, electropop and avant-rock."[3] Lanre Bakare of The Guardian commented that "[Young Fathers] manage the rare feat of melding pop and politics into a potent mix, and continue a tradition – begun by the likes of Smith & Mighty, Tricky and Massive Attack – of reinterpreting pop, hip-hop and soul through the filter of black British life."[10] Writing for Exclaim!, Kyle Mullin called the record "a perfect storm of influences and talent."[16] Jamie Milton of DIY gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "Young Fathers' most fearless release yet."[17] Pitchfork gave it a 6.8.[18]

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2015 2015
9
NME NME'S Albums of the Year 2015 2015
39

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Still Running"3:08
2."Shame"4:09
3."Feasting"2:39
4."27"2:27
5."Rain or Shine"3:49
6."Sirens"3:00
7."Old Rock n Roll"3:11
8."Nest"3:17
9."Liberated"2:55
10."John Doe"2:52
11."Dare Me"2:39
12."Get Started"4:47
Total length:38:53

Chart positions

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 41

References

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  1. ^ "Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too | Clash Music". www.clashmusic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Pattison, Louis (31 March 2015). "Young Fathers – 'White Men Are Black Men Too'". NME. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Gill, Andy (3 April 2015). "Young Fathers, White Men Are Black Men Too – album review: A joyous mash-up that crosses the cultural divide". The Independent. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Young Fathers | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  6. ^ "White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Reviews for White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ^ Jeffries, David. "White Men Are Black Men Too – Young Fathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (7 May 2015). "Robert Christgau: Expert Witness". Cuepoint. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b Bakare, Lanre (2 April 2015). "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too review – a superb mix of pop and politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too". Mojo (258): 88. May 2015.
  12. ^ Tolentino, Jia (9 March 2015). "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too". Q (346): 113. May 2015.
  14. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (10 April 2015). "Review: Young Fathers Shake a Leg, Point Fingers on 'White Men Are Black Men Too'". Spin. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too". Uncut (217): 84. June 2015.
  16. ^ Mullin, Kyle (8 April 2015). "Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  17. ^ Milton, Jamie (3 April 2015). "Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too | DIY". DIY. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  18. ^ "White Men Are Black Men Too | Pitchfork". Pitchfork.
  19. ^ "The Best Albums of 2015". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  20. ^ "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". nme.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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