Machine Says Yes

Machine Says Yes
A nighttime photo showing distant buildings, bushes, railroad cars, and railroad tracks all under a billboard that is white and very illuminated, radiating out red light. Above the billboard is a line of uppercase text that reads "FC/KAHUNA", and underneath that is a smaller line of text that reads "Machine Says Yes".
Studio album by
FC Kahuna
Released8 April 2002 (2002-04-08)
GenreElectronica, trip hop, acid house
Length58:14
LabelCity Rockers[1]
FC Kahuna chronology
Big Kahuna Kicks Two
(2000) 		Machine Says Yes
(2002) 		Another Fine Mess
(2003)
Singles from Machine Says Yes
  1. "Mind Set to Cycle"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Glitterball"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Machine Says Yes"
    Released: 2002
  4. "Hayling"
    Released: 2003
  5. "Nothing is Wrong"
    Released: 2003

Machine Says Yes is a studio album by British electronic music duo FC Kahuna,[2] released in April 2002 on the label City Rockers.[1] The album includes five singles: "Mind Set to Cycle", "Glitterball", "Machine Says Yes", "Hayling", and "Nothing is Wrong".

The two most notable singles, "Hayling" and "Machine Says Yes", were co-written and sung by Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld and charted at No. 49 and No. 58 respectively on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In addition, "North Pole Transmission" was sung by American singer Eileen Rose and "Fear of Guitars" was sung by Gruff Rhys.

"Glitterball" was featured in the video games Need for Speed: Underground and Crackdown, while "Hayling" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Layer Cake.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Pitchfork[6]
NME[2]
Dallas ObserverPositive[7]
PopMattersPositive[8]
Playlouder[9]

Critical reception of Machine Says Yes was generally positive, with Metacritic reporting a normalised score of 77% based on 15 reviews which indicates that it is "generally favorable".[4] Peter Robinson of NME wrote that the album is "fresh, feisty and fierce", but also that it "lacks a definitive thumper likely to propel the duo to the chart status you'd reckon".[2] Pitchfork's Mark Martelli was less receptive and wrote that "too much calculation has gone into Machine Says Yes. The record smacks of market research, not the craven, late-night interplay that communicates real soul."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hayling"6:49
2."Glitterball"5:48
3."Nothing Is Wrong"5:11
4."Bleep Freak"2:21
5."Machine Says Yes"6:38
6."North Pole Transmission"4:56
7."Mindset To Cycle"6:27
8."Microcuts"7:35
9."Growler"7:03
10."Fear Of Guitars"5:26
Total length:58:14

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 88
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[11] 10

References

  1. ^ a b "FC Kahuna Profile Page: Biography". Music Emissions. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Peter Robinson (19 April 2002). "FC Kahuna : Machine Says Yes". NME. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. ^ "FC KAHUNA". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Machine Says Yes - FC/Kahuna". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  5. ^ John Bush. "Machine Says Yes [UK] – Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  6. ^ Mark Martelli (15 January 2003). "FC/Kahuna: Machine Says Yes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. ^ Justin Hampton (21 November 2002). "FC Kahuna". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ^ Matt Cibula (10 January 2003). "FC Kahuna: Machine Says Yes". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  9. ^ Iain Moffat (19 April 2002). "Machine Says Yes – FC Kahuna". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 30 April 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.