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Jun 5, 2013Bold, brilliant and beautiful.
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Jun 3, 2013This is an intelligent and deeply human album and it would be no exaggeration to say that it’s already a modern classic.
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Jun 7, 2013Immunity is a journey to be savoured, revisited regularly in the knowledge that some new landmark will emerge each and every time.
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Jun 25, 2013All in all, Hopkins’ roadmap is splendidly plotted, taking the right amount of time to deliver you to your destination and showing you the detours you didn’t even know you wanted to see.
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Jun 6, 2013It all adds up to a remarkably visceral, sensual, confident electronic record that stays absorbing from beginning to end, and should finally catapult Hopkins to stardom in his own story.
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Jun 4, 2013Immunity is not for everyone, especially those who come to electronic music merely for its club-ready, dancefloor offerings. But for those who listen seeking to peer into sonic worlds that might not otherwise exist, Hopkins has created one which is rich with gorgeous detail and worth fully exploring.
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May 31, 2013The record is an absolute trip: a movable feast pressed to 12 inches of microgroove.
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Jun 24, 2013Immunity presents itself as the missing piece of the puzzle, the catharsis we were conditioned not to expect. In this very moment, our preconceptions of Jon Hopkins have been entirely undermined--and there’s little to do but enjoy the hell out of the twist of events.
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Jul 18, 2013If you don’t drift off too early, though, it all resolves, making for a sonically rich and delicately nuanced album.
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Jul 1, 2013The first four songs are striking, stirringly beautiful techno numbers.... The album’s second half emphasizes ambience and texture, making for songs that are slow, contemplative and nourishing.
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MojoJun 17, 2013Immunity never drags. [Jul 2013, p.86]
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Q MagazineJun 17, 2013There's a substance and sense of space in these meditative moments that makes for a satisfying, deep listening experience. [Jul 2013, p.113]
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Jun 17, 2013Immunity is expertly paced, and as good for coming down as it is for coming up.
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Under The RadarJun 13, 2013By concentrating on his own endeavors, Jon Hopkins has created one of the year's most intriguing electronic recordings. [Jun-Jul 2013, p.99]
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Jun 12, 2013While the tracks do expand, growing before your ears from what you first think they are about to much more, they also are small, in the best of ways.
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Jun 11, 2013Almost universally, Immunity is an album which puts a well-placed confidence in rewarding the patience of the listener, melding together current club trends with a vulnerable humanity to create an hour-long arc of total immersion.
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Jun 6, 2013The beauty is not lost, Hopkins just places a real-word façade on his delicate textures. Nothing in reality is without flaws and neither are Hopkins’ productions.
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Jun 3, 2013Hopkins's beats shuffle and trip but there is a great clarity of focus throughout, and a delicate beauty.
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Jun 3, 2013With this record Hopkins has finally succeeded in putting on record a definitive statement of his musical vision and ideas.
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Jun 3, 2013At just an hour in length, Immunity savours every moment, pulling on your heartstrings, lifting you off your feet and inviting you right back for more.
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UncutMay 31, 2013Immunity's greatest rapture, however, lies in Hopkin's welcome reunion with King Creosote for the title track's glistening melancholy. [Jul 2013, p.76]
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May 31, 2013Up to this point, Hopkins is best known for the work he does with others, as an arranger for Coldplay, an in-demand producer and a talented collaborator, but Immunity is the record that defines him. You'll be blessed if you hear a better album of electronic music this year.
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Jun 3, 2013Even if it doesn't always demand listeners' attention, Immunity is never less than thoughtfully crafted.
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May 31, 2013It bursts with techno beats that jump wildly from deep and dark to bright and euphoric.
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MagnetJun 17, 2013Hopkins drifts too often into listless ambiance for anything here to actually set in. Even so, Immunity manages--more than any if his work to date--to accent Hopkins' greatest asset as a producer: his remarkable attention to detail. [No.99, p.57]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 66 out of 70
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Mixed: 4 out of 70
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Negative: 0 out of 70
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Aug 16, 2014
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Nov 27, 2021
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Oct 15, 2017