Rival ConsolesBest Rival Consoles Albums Ranked
7.3
Avg Score
12
Opinions
8
Albums
6
Reviewers
Summary from 12 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Rival Consoles's catalog across 8 albums from 12 opinions, with an overall average of 7.3/10. The top-rated Rival Consoles album is Persona (2018) with a 8.0/10 average from 4 ratings, followed by Howl and Night Melody. The discography on Wavelength spans 2015 to 2025.
Persona
“Go back long enough and you’ll remember a day-glo William Hill advert soundtracked by the kind of bright, brash electro that kept the neon lights on at Hypem. The track – a flange-heavy, remix-baiting, La Roux-invitation-in-waiting was ‘Kid Velo’ by none other than Rival Consoles. Lifted from his 2011 album of the same name, at the time, Ryan Lee West was channeling his inner-Daft Punk with the sa”
Night Melody
“Electronic musician Ryan West's latest release as Rival Consoles has a level of warmth and humanity missing from his earlier records. This is his most expressive and emotional music yet.”
Howl
“Reams of electronic producers luxuriate in the safety of creating a comfortable atmosphere. But Howl, the third LP from the producer Ryan Lee West*,* is impossible to ignore and hard to forget.”
Persona
“The evolution of Rival Consoles, the solo electronic project of producer Ryan West, has been a steep one. After a pair of albums that played around with acid house elements, he began shifting gears into more expansive and lusher compositions. The dancefloor throb and wobble was still there, but laid into a cottony bed of enveloping synth drones and melodies that felt suspended in midair. For his ”
Persona
“Rival Consoles further perfects his electronic craft on Persona”
Articulation
“Producer and composer Ryan Lee West continues his practice of turning real-life sketches into ambient techno as ever-shifting moments dip, dive, and refuse to settle.”
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