Transmission Suite (album)

Transmission Suite
Studio album by
808 State
Released11 October 2019[1]
StudioThe Transmission Suite at Old Granada Studios (Manchester)
GenreElectronica[2]
Length59:50
LabelSelf-released label
808 State chronology
Initial Granada Report
(2019) 		Transmission Suite
(2019)

Transmission Suite is a 2019 studio album by the British electronic music group, 808 State. It is their seventh studio album, released 17 years after their last album Outpost Transmission.[3][4][5][6] It is also their final to feature Andy Barker, who died on 6 November 2021, leaving Graham Massey as the sole remaining member of the group.[7][8][9] Before the album was released, the group produced two EP albums called Initial Granada Report and Subsequent Granada Report both released about five months before the album was released.[10][11][12]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[13]
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  12. ^ "808 State - Subsequent Granada Report (EP)". www.808state.com. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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