Reality Testing (album)

Reality Testing is the sixth album by English electronic musician Lone. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2014 by R&S Records.[1]

Reality Testing
Studio album by Lone
Released	16 June 2014
Genre	Electronic, instrumental hip hop, house
Label	R&S
Producer	Matt Cutler
Lone chronology
Galaxy Garden (2012) Reality Testing (2014) Levitate (2016)

Style

Reality Testing focuses on "dusty hip-hop grooves of auteurs like J Dilla and Madlib".[2] A review in Pitchfork referred to the album as "Largely abandoning rave’s warp-speed tempos and sensual overload" of Galaxy Garden.[2]

Release

The album was released on R&S Records on 16 June 2014 on vinyl record and compact disc.[1]

Also reissued by R&S Records on 7 December 2018 as a limited edition of 300, pressed on Clear Vinyl [3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[4]
Metacritic	81/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
DIY	[7]
Exclaim!	9/10[8]
Fact	4/5[9]
The Guardian	[10]
Mixmag	5/5[11]
NME	8/10[12]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[2]
Q	[13]
Resident Advisor	4.0/5[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 17 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[5]

Pitchfork stated that "Reality Testing is Cutler’s easiest listen—you can imagine this music playing over coffee shop speakers as much as you could put a rapper on top of it—and as such it may seem less innovative when placed up against his previous two full-lengths."[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"First Born Seconds"	1:55
2.	"Restless City"	4:37
3.	"Meeker Warm Energy"	4:00
4.	"Aurora Northern Quarter"	4:04
5.	"2 Is 8"	3:43
6.	"Airglow Fires"	6:02
7.	"Coincidences"	3:35
8.	"Begin to Begin"	5:35
9.	"Jaded"	4:49
10.	"Vengeance Video"	5:19
11.	"Stuck"	2:39
12.	"Cutched Under"	6:10

Personnel

• Matt Cutler – composer, producer
• Konx-om-Pax – artwork
• Noel Summerville – mastering

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15]	99
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	137
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[17]	20
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	21
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[19]	50

Notes

1. "Lone — Reality Testing". R&S Records. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
2. Fitzmaurice, Larry (19 June 2014). "Lone: Reality Testing". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
3. https://www.discogs.com/Lone-Reality-Testing/release/12904079
4. "Reality Testing by Lone reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
5. "Reviews for Reality Testing by Lone". Metacritic. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
6. Kellman, Andy. "Reality Testing – Lone". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
7. Milton, Jamie (13 June 2014). "Lone – Reality Testing". DIY. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
8. Keating, Daryl (16 June 2014). "Lone: Reality Testing". Exclaim!. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
9. Finlayson, Angus (16 June 2014). "Reality Testing". Fact. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
10. Bakare, Lanre (26 June 2014). "Lone: Reality Testing review – ambitious modern dance music". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
11. Muggs, Joe (14 May 2014). "Lone". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
12. Cardew, Ben (13 June 2014). "Lone – 'Reality Testing'". NME. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
13. "Lone: Reality Testing". Q (337): 110. August 2014.
14. Ryce, Andrew (16 June 2014). "Lone – Reality Testing". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
15. "Ultratop.be – Lone – Reality Testing" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
16. "Chart: CLUK Update 28.06.2014 (wk25)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
17. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
18. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
19. "Lone Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 May 2020.