Product
Compilation album by
Sophie
Released27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)
Recorded2011–2015
Genre
Length25:26
LabelNumbers
Producer
  • Sophie
Sophie chronology
Product
(2015)		 Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
(2018)
Singles from Product
  1. "Bipp"
    Released: 17 June 2013
  2. "Elle"
    Released: 17 June 2013
  3. "Lemonade"
    Released: 28 July 2014
  4. "Hard"
    Released: 4 August 2014
  5. "Msmsmsm"
    Released: 1 October 2015
  6. "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye"
    Released: 16 October 2015
  7. "L.O.V.E."
    Released: 6 November 2015
  8. "Vyzee"
    Released: 27 November 2015
  9. "Unisil"
    Released: 28 January 2021[1]

Product is the debut compilation by Scottish electronic music producer Sophie. It was released by Numbers on 27 November 2015.[2] The 8 tracks on Product appeared as singles released from 2013 to 2015. The album was made available in "silicon bubble cases", and its release coincides with the launch of a line of apparel and a "silicon product" resembling a sex toy.[3]

On 25 September 2019, Numbers announced that the album was being re-released in limited quantities in its original format of four vinyl singles, each in a PVC case.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10[5]
Metacritic74/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Exclaim!8/10[8]
The Guardian[9]
The Irish Times[10]
The Observer[11]
Pitchfork6.6/10[12]
Q[13]
Resident Advisor4.6/5[14]
Spin9/10[15]
ViceA−[16]

Product received positive reviews, The review aggregator website Metacritic gave the album an average score of 74 out of 100, which indicates "generally favourable reviews".[6] Exclaim! senior editor Stephen Carlick called the record "a snapshot of an exciting artist whose tightrope walk between sweet and scary, pop and avant-garde, has yielded some of the best singles of the past few years."[8] The Observer described the album as "disruptive, a sound pushing the limits of what constitutes pop and what is just an annoying noise you are inexplicably paying money for."[11] Sasha Geffen of Consequence of Sound wrote that "Product blurs the traditional subject/object power relationship of pop music, bending desire as easily as it bends waveforms," and called it "one of the more mischievous music objects under the current atmosphere."[17]

MP3 blog Gorilla vs. Bear listed the album as their 12th best album of 2015.[18]

Track listing

All tracks and the album name are stylized in uppercase.[19]

No.TitleLength
1."Bipp"3:00
2."Elle"3:44
3."Lemonade"1:58
4."Hard"2:54
5."Msmsmsm"3:35
6."Vyzee"3:22
7."L.O.V.E."3:38
8."Just Like We Never Said Goodbye"3:08
Total length:25:26
Silicon product
No.TitleLength
9."Unisil"2:06
Total length:27:32
Japanese edition[20]
No.TitleLength
9."Get Higher"3:00
Total length:28:26

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[21] 23

References

  1. ↑ "Unisil - Single by SOPHIE on Apple Music". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Carley, Brennan (29 September 2015). "Sophie Announces New Collection, 'Product,' Out on November 27". Spin. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (29 September 2015). "Sophie Releasing Singles Collection With "Silicon Product" (That Sure Looks Like a Sex Toy)". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Numbers. SOPHIE - PRODUCT REPRESSES". nmbrs.net. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Product by Sophie reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Reviews for Product by Sophie". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Product – Sophie". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. 1 2 Carlick, Stephen (25 November 2015). "Sophie: Product". Exclaim!. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (26 November 2015). "Sophie: Product review – forehead-slappingly obvious pop provocations from PC Music affiliate". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Carroll, Jim (20 November 2015). "Sophie: Product – Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  11. 1 2 Empire, Kitty (29 November 2015). "Sophie: Product review – digital pop divorced from the analogue world". The Observer. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Richardson, Mark (2 December 2015). "Sophie: Product". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sophie: Product". Q (355): 118. February 2016.
  14. ↑ Fallon, Patric (1 December 2015). "Sophie – Product". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Weiss, Dan (23 November 2015). "Review: Sophie Rebuilds Pop in His Own Mysterious Image on 'Product'". Spin. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  16. ↑ Christgau, Robert (26 December 2015). "Grimes Embodies Hyperfeminism Individualism for a Post-Rock Mindset". Vice. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Geffen, Sasha (1 December 2015). "Sophie – Product". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  18. ↑ ChrisChris (December 2015). "GORILLA VS. BEAR'S ALBUMS OF 2015". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  19. ↑ PRODUCT, 27 November 2015, retrieved 1 June 2023
  20. ↑ "Sophie (42) – Product (BRC-493)". Discogs. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  21. ↑ "Sophie Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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