Richard YoungsBest Richard Youngs Albums Ranked
7.0
Avg Score
12
Opinions
12
Albums
2
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Summary from 12 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Richard Youngs's catalog across 12 albums from 12 opinions, with an overall average of 7.0/10. The top-rated Richard Youngs album is Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits (2010) with a 7.8/10 average from 1 rating, followed by The Naïve Shaman and Under Stellar Stream. The discography on Wavelength spans 1989 to 2016.
Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits
“Best known for minimalism, noise, and avant-folk, Richard Youngs created this CD-R of "proper pop" music on a dare. Jagjaguwar now re-releases it.”
Under Stellar Stream
“British multi-instrumentalist mines fertile repetition on the latest compelling record in a compelling career.”
The Naïve Shaman
“Latest Jagjaguwar release from the prolific Glaswegian free music maverick.”
Advent
“Privately issued in a batch of 300 copies in 1988, the debut album from minimalist Richard Youngs is now given a wide release by Jagjaguwar.”
Autumn Response
“Latest Jagjaguwar release from Richard Youngs is constructed around what might be some kind of divided-consciousness metaphor, with the singer's voice and acoustic guitar overdubbed and sounding like they were recorded in the old Sun studio.”
Airs of the Ear
“Somewhere in the middle of pagan nature worship and an acid trip lies the music of Scottish experimental folk musician Richard Youngs. Be it an acoustic love paean, minimalist drone or feedback-ridden electronic sound collage, Youngs' domain is of florescent mayflies, vast fields of green grass and an uncanny ability to spike his gentle, seemingly simple tunes with psychedelic grandeur. And despit”
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