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Machine Says Yes

2002 studio album by FC Kahuna

Machine Says Yes is a studio album by British electronic music duo FC Kahuna,[2] released in April 2002 on the label City Rockers.[1] The album includes five singles: "Mind Set to Cycle", "Glitterball", "Machine Says Yes", "Hayling", and "Nothing is Wrong".

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The two most notable singles, "Hayling" and "Machine Says Yes", were co-written and sung by Icelandic singer Hafdís Huld and charted at No. 49 and No. 58 respectively on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In addition, "North Pole Transmission" was sung by American singer Eileen Rose and "Fear of Guitars" was sung by Gruff Rhys.

"Glitterball" was featured in the video games Need for Speed: Underground and Crackdown, while "Hayling" appeared on the soundtrack of the film Layer Cake.

Reception

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Critical reception of Machine Says Yes was generally positive, with Metacritic reporting a normalised score of 77% based on 15 reviews which indicates that it is "generally favorable".[4] Peter Robinson of NME wrote that the album is "fresh, feisty and fierce", but also that it "lacks a definitive thumper likely to propel the duo to the chart status you'd reckon".[2] Pitchfork's Mark Martelli was less receptive and wrote that "too much calculation has gone into Machine Says Yes. The record smacks of market research, not the craven, late-night interplay that communicates real soul."

Track listing

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Charts

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References

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    "FC Kahuna Profile Page: Biography". Music Emissions. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
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    Peter Robinson (19 April 2002). "FC Kahuna : Machine Says Yes". NME. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    "FC KAHUNA". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    "Machine Says Yes - FC/Kahuna". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    John Bush. "Machine Says Yes [UK] – Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    Mark Martelli (15 January 2003). "FC/Kahuna: Machine Says Yes". Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    Justin Hampton (21 November 2002). "FC Kahuna". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    Matt Cibula (10 January 2003). "FC Kahuna: Machine Says Yes". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    Iain Moffat (19 April 2002). "Machine Says Yes – FC Kahuna". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 30 April 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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    "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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    "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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