Los Angeles (Flying Lotus album)

Los Angeles is the second studio album by American electronic music producer Flying Lotus, released on May 9, 2008 by Warp Records. The cover was designed by British graphic design agency Build featuring photography by Timothy Saccenti, and the album title is named after Flying Lotus' place of birth.

Los Angeles
Studio album by Flying Lotus
Released	May 9, 2008 (2008-05-09)
Recorded	September 2007 – March 2008
Genre	Lofi hip hop experimental hip hop instrumental hip hop electronic[1] IDM[2]
Length	43:17
Label	Warp
Producer	Flying Lotus (also exec.) Byron the Aquarius The Gaslamp Killer Matthewdavid Samiyam
Flying Lotus chronology
Reset (2007) Los Angeles (2008) Cosmogramma (2010)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Clash	10/10[5]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[1]
The Irish Times	[6]
The Observer	[7]
Pitchfork	8.5/10[8]
Resident Advisor	5/5[9]
Spin	[10]
URB	[11]
XLR8R	9/10[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Los Angeles received an average score of 81 based on 13 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3]

Resident Advisor ranked Los Angeles as the third best album of 2008,^[13] while Fact ranked it as the year's tenth best album.^[14] Pitchfork placed it at number 28 on its list of the best albums of 2008.^[15] In 2017, Los Angeles ranked at number 14 on Pitchfork's list of "The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time".^[2]

Track listing

All songs produced by Flying Lotus except where noted.

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Brainfeeder"		1:31
2.	"Breathe . Something/Stellar STar"		3:20
3.	"Beginners Falafel"		2:28
4.	"Camel"		2:22
5.	"Melt!"		1:45
6.	"Comet Course"		3:01
7.	"Orbit 405"		0:44
8.	"Golden Diva"	Flying Lotus Matthewdavid	4:02
9.	"Riot"		4:02
10.	"GNG BNG"	Flying Lotus The Gaslamp Killer	3:38
11.	"Parisian Goldfish"		3:01
12.	"Sleepy Dinosaur"		1:55
13.	"RobertaFlack" (featuring Ahu)	Flying Lotus Samiyam Byron the Aquarius	3:07
14.	"SexSlaveShip"	Flying Lotus Matthewdavid	2:14
15.	"Auntie's Harp"		0:55
16.	"Testament" (feat. Gonjasufi)		2:28
17.	"Auntie's Lock/Infinitum" (feat. Laura Darlington)		2:44
Total length:			43:17

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
18.	"Interference"	2:46
19.	"Backpack Caviar"	3:23
Total length:		49:26

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[16]	16