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The ArchAndroid is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe, released on May 18, 2010, by Wondaland Arts Society, Bad Boy Records, and Atlantic Records. Production for the album took place at Wondaland Studios in Atlanta and was primarily handled by Monáe, Nate "Rocket" Wonder, and Chuck Lightning, with only one ...
May 16, 2018 · Over the course of Monáe’s albums, Cindi is called an “archandroid,” the android messiah, with her many clones on the ground “dancing until she comes.”
- Aja Romano
May 20, 2010 · Janelle Monáe's The ArchAndroid immediately dazzles you with its ambition. It's a 70-minute, 18-track epic comprising two suites, each beginning with an overture, telling a futuristic story ...
The ArchAndroid is a bold, impassioned telling that moves on a fluid foundation that incorporates elements of R&B, psychedelia, funk, synthpop, rock, pop, jump blues, orchestral arrangements and neofolk. It’s cinematic, it’s engrossing, it’s ambitious and it’s unlike anything else – the perfect distillation of Monáe herself.
Feb 22, 2016 · The tracks truly function as one extended play, where although official listing on the fine print is merely a formality, Janelle Monae is channeling the distinct qualities of each pop influence she grasps.
One can but marvel at the impressive range, ambition (realised) and detail of this deeply polished, professional yet utterly, brilliantly bonkers album. An album destined, surely, to take its place among the classics of its age. Full Review. 13y.
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May 18, 2010 · The ArchAndroid is the debut studio album of Janelle Monáe, after her much acclaimed EP Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase). It was released on May 18, 2010 on Wondaland Arts Society and Bad Boy...
