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Machine Says Yes

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

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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 Rockers1
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
Metacritic77/1004
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar5
PitchforkStarStarStarStarHalf star6
NMEStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar2
Dallas ObserverPositive7
PopMattersPositive8
PlaylouderStarStarStarStarHalf star9

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 (Official Charts)10 88
UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)11 10
References

References

  1. "FC Kahuna Profile Page: Biography". Music Emissions. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. 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. "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 on 21/4/2002 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  11. "Official Independent Albums Chart on 21/4/2002 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.