Editor’s Note: The Albumism staff has selected what we believe to be the 110 Best Albums of the 2010s, representing a varied cross-section of artists, genres, and styles. Click “Next Album” below to explore each album in the list or for easier navigation, view the full introduction & album index here.
UNDERWORLD | Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future
Caroline (2016)
Selected by Rayna Khaitan
Appropriately danceable and enchantingly enigmatic, Underworld’s ninth studio effort Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future arrived six years after its predecessor, offering a glistening, pulse-racing return to form after the anomalous Barking (2010). Despite containing just seven tracks, the far-reaching album unfolds like a cinematic city journey, lacing through overheard conversations, inner desires and slow-building euphoria. Whether daydreaming in solitude or navigating crowds under glittering lights, this transcendent soundscape delivers endless delight.
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