Burial (Burial album)

Burial
Studio album by
Burial
Released15 May 2006
Recorded2001–2006[1]
Genre
Length51:24
LabelHyperdub
ProducerBurial
Burial chronology
South London Boroughs
(2005) 		Burial
(2006) 		Distant Lights
(2006)

Burial is the debut studio album by British electronic musician Burial, released on 15 May 2006 by Kode9's Hyperdub label. Considered a landmark of the mid-2000s dubstep scene, the album's sound features a dark, emotive take on the UK rave music that preoccupied Burial in his youth,[2] including UK garage and 2-step.[3] Critics have variously interpreted the release as an elegy for the dissipated rave movement and a sullen audio portrait of London.[4]

Burial received critical acclaim, with The Wire magazine naming it the record of the year in its annual critics' poll.[5] It was also ranked the year's fifth best album by Mixmag[6] and sixth by The Guardian.[7] It has been ranked among the best albums of the decade by Fact and Resident Advisor, and in 2013 it was ranked number 391 on NME's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

  1. ^ Burial (CD Back Cover Liner Notes). Burial. London, UK: Hyperdub. 2006. HDBCD001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  5. ^ "Rewind 2006: 50 Records of the Year". The Wire. No. 275. London. January 2007. p. 35 – via Exact Editions.
  6. ^ various critics (December 2006). "Best of 2006". Mixmag. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  7. ^ "The definitive top 10 albums of the year". The Guardian. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2015.