B-Side Guys

Four Tet

Four Tet’s albums, ranked by what the critics we trust thought of each one. 7 have a B-Side Breakdown, averaging 80 (Keeper). See the discography in release order.

What is Four Tet’s best album?

By the critics, it’s New Energy (2017), with a B-Side Breakdown of 87 (Heavy Rotation) from 6 reviews. 100% of them liked it.

Next best: Morning/Evening (85) and Rounds (84). Lowest rated: Sixteen Oceans (68).

Four Tet albums ranked

Best to worst by B-Side Breakdown.

  1. 1. New Energy (2017): 87 Heavy Rotation
  2. 2. Morning/Evening (2015): 85 Heavy Rotation
  3. 3. Rounds (2003): 84 Keeper
  4. 4. There Is Love in You (2010): 80 Keeper
  5. 5. Pause (2001): 78 Keeper
  6. 6. Dialogue (1999): 78 Keeper
  7. 7. Sixteen Oceans (2020): 68 Mixed Bag

Four Tet discography, in release order

The earliest here78Dialogue, 1999The critics' favorite87New Energy, 2017The latest68Sixteen Oceans, 2020. 10 points below Dialogue.

The career, by Breakdown

Every Four Tet album with a B-Side Breakdown, in release order. Above the dashed line, most critics liked it.

5010070likedDialogue (1999): 78781999Pause (2001): 78782001Rounds (2003): 84842003There Is Love in You (2010): 80802010Morning/Evening (2015): 85852015New Energy (2017): 87872017Sixteen Oceans (2020): 68682020

Every Four Tet studio album, oldest first. 3 don't have a Breakdown yet; each gets one once three critics' reviews turn up.

  1. 1999Album cover for Dialogue by Four TetDialogue78 Keeper
  2. 2001Album cover for Pause by Four TetPause78 Keeper
  3. 2003Album cover for Rounds by Four TetRounds84 Keeper
  4. 2010Album cover for There Is Love in You by Four TetThere Is Love in You80 Keeper
  5. 20130181No Breakdown yet
  6. 2015Album cover for Morning/Evening by Four TetMorning/Evening85 Heavy Rotation
  7. 2017Album cover for New Energy by Four TetNew Energy87 Heavy Rotation
  8. 2020Album cover for Sixteen Oceans by Four TetSixteen Oceans68 Mixed Bag
  9. 2020871No Breakdown yet
  10. 2020ParallelNo Breakdown yet

Which critics love Four Tet, and which don’t

Each outlet’s scores set against the other critics on the same albums. Outlets that scored at least 3 Four Tet albums.

Warmest on Four TetAllMusic7 points above the other critics, on average, across 6 albums.Coolest on Four TetSpin6 points below the other critics, on average, across 3 albums.Warmed up over timeQ13 points below the other critics in its reviews from 2005, 8 points above from 2009–2017.Cooled off over timeNME9 points above the other critics in its reviews from 1999–2005, 8 points below from 2005–2010.

Outlet by outlet

Average points above or below the other critics. Tap an outlet for its scores album by album.

AllMusic6 albums+7
  1. Dialogue 199990 vs 72 from 2 others +19
  2. Pause 200180 vs 77 from 5 others +3
  3. Rounds 2003100 vs 82 from 9 others +18
  4. There Is Love in You 201090 vs 78 from 6 others +12
  5. New Energy 201780 vs 88 from 5 others −8
  6. Sixteen Oceans 202070 vs 68 from 4 others +2

All AllMusic reviews

NME4 albums0
  1. Dialogue 199980 vs 77 from 2 others +4
  2. Pause 200190 vs 75 from 5 others +15
  3. Rounds 200390 vs 84 from 9 others +6
  4. There Is Love in You 201060 vs 83 from 6 others −23

All NME reviews

Q4 albums−2
  1. Pause 200160 vs 81 from 5 others −21
  2. Rounds 200380 vs 85 from 9 others −5
  3. There Is Love in You 201080 vs 80 from 6 others 0
  4. New Energy 2017100 vs 84 from 5 others +16

All Q reviews

Pitchfork6 albums−4
  1. Dialogue 199963 vs 85 from 2 others −22
  2. Pause 200180 vs 77 from 5 others +3
  3. Rounds 200382 vs 84 from 9 others −2
  4. There Is Love in You 201086 vs 79 from 6 others +7
  5. New Energy 201780 vs 88 from 5 others −8
  6. Sixteen Oceans 202069 vs 68 from 4 others +1

All Pitchfork reviews

Spin3 albums−6
  1. Rounds 200385 vs 84 from 9 others +1
  2. There Is Love in You 201070 vs 82 from 6 others −12
  3. Morning/Evening 201580 vs 87 from 3 others −7

All Spin reviews

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