or rushes of noise. On the other end of the spectrum, Syro doesn't cast James in a quasi-classical light; there's no 'serious composer' tracks … without all that, what's left? Sixty-five minutes of highly melodic, superbly arranged, precisely mixed, texturally varied electronic music that sounds like it could have come from no other artist." Australian national radio station Double J selected Syro as its "Feature Album" for the week beginning 22 September 2014. The station concluded its review with the statement: "This is another fascinating record from one of the few artists on this planet who can make something very weird sound utterly amazing." Syro was also selected as "Album of the Week" by Mojo and The Sunday Times, ranked number one on The Washington Posts September list of "best new music", featured among Dazeds "top ten albums of the month" for September, and was the highest-scoring album on Metacritic that month. AccoladesSyro was featured on several publications' year-end critics' lists. The album fared particularly well in the British press; The Guardian selected Syro as the fourth-best album of 2014, and the album placed at number 9 on the newspaper's reader poll. The Wire named Syro the release of the year, while NME placed Syro at number 4 on its list "Top 50 Albums of 2014", Q ranked the album at number 10 on its "Top 50 Albums of 2014" feature and Uncut selected it as the third-best album on its list of the "Best Albums of 2014". Syro was also featured at number 6 on Dazeds "top 20 albums of 2014" and number 8 on Clashs "Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014". Elsewhere, Syro was featured in Rolling Stone at number 41 on its "50 Best Albums of 2014" list, on Stereogums "50 Best Albums of 2014" at number 33 and Pitchforks "50 Best Albums of 2014" at number 4. Critics on behalf of Billboard selected Syro as the eighth-best album of 2014 and PopMatters placed the album at number 9 on its "Best Albums of 2014" feature, while Resident Advisor ranked it at number 4 on its "Top 20 albums of 2014". In its end-of-year roundup Bleep.com selected Syro as the top album of the 2014, surmising that the album is "a poignant reminder of the relevance of one of the most important artists of our time."Syro won a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 57th