Typical System Explained
| Typical System |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Total Control |
| Cover: | Typical_system.jpg |
| Released: | 24 June 2014 |
| Genre: | Post-punk, new wave, indie rock, garage rock |
| Length: | 40:28 |
| Label: | Iron Lung |
| Producer: | Mikey Young |
| Prev Title: | Henge Beat |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
Typical System is the second full-length album by Australian post-punk band Total Control. Produced by band member Mikey Young, the album was released on 24 June 2014 by Iron Lung Records.[1] It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.[2]
At the Music Victoria Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Best Album.[3] [4]
Reception
Typical System received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 11 reviews.[5]
Accolades
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank |
|---|
| Noisey | US | Noisey's Top 25 Albums of 2014 | 11[6] |
| Rough Trade | UK | Rough Trade's Top 100 Albums of The 2014 | 11[7] |
| Flavorwire | US | Flavorwire's 30 Best Albums of 2014 | 19[8] |
| Paste | US | Paste's 50 Best Albums of 2014 | 43[9] |
| Under the Radar | US | Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2014 | 58[10] |
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Track listing
CD (TCON102), vinyl (LUNGS053)
Notes and References
- Web site: Typical System. 18 June 2014. 15 September 2015.
- 14 July 2014 . https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140715022000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20140715-1220/ARIAIssue1272.pdf . Week Commencing ~ 14th July 2014 ~ Issue #1272 . Wallace . Ian . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1272 . 21 . 15 July 2014 . 16 August 2018 .
- Web site: Previous Nominess. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 19 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214225/https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees. dead.
- Web site: Previous Winners. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731040330/https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners. dead.
- https://www.metacritic.com/music/typical-system/total-control Typical System Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More
- Web site: Noisey's Top 25 Albums of 2014: 25 to 11.
- Web site: Independent purveyors of great music, since 1976. 5 January 2019. 19 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219131315/http://www.roughtrade.com/aoty2014. dead.
- Web site: The 30 Best Albums of 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206173341/http://flavorwire.com/494549/the-30-best-albums-of-2014 . 2021-12-06.
- Web site: The 50 Best Albums of 2014. 18 November 2014.
- Web site: Under the Radar's Top 140 Albums of 2014 | Under the Radar Magazine.
