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Ground Control is the fourth studio album by English drum and bass band Rudimental, released on 3 September 2021 through Asylum Records.[3]

Ground Control
Studio album by Rudimental
Released	3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
Genre	House
Length	56:54
Label	Asylum Atlantic Major Tom's
Producer	Rudimental Karma Kid Conor Bellis MJ Cole Future Cut Jay Weathers Skream Redlight Cadenza 2fox
Rudimental chronology
Toast to Our Differences (2019) Ground Control (2021)
Singles from Ground Control
"Krazy" Released: 5 March 2020 "Come Over" Released: 28 August 2020 "Be the One" Released: 10 December 2020 "Be Somebody" Released: 12 March 2021 "Straight from the Heart" Released: 18 June 2021 "So Sorry" Released: 13 July 2021

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Arts Desk	[1]
Clash	7/10[2]

Background and composition

In an interview with HMV and Rudimental member Piers Aggett, he talked about the writing process of Ground Control whilst in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic and stated that the album material started surfacing even before their third album Toast to Our Differences was released. Aggett said, "COVID was actually a bit of a blessing for us. Normally we tour all the time, certainly all summer, and it gave us a summer at home for the first time in a long time. We made the whole album in lockdown. A lot of the songs were actually written in 2018." He elaborated, "We went to Los Angeles and we did a bunch of writing out there. Lots of the songs are from those sessions. That’s the way we tend to work, we go on a trip, we write a lot and then it takes us a long while to actually work on the songs and finish them. The pandemic made us productive because suddenly there wasn't a gig at the weekend and we could really focus."[4]

The album was described by the band as referencing from their earlier material but infused with more soul. Upon the release of the album, the band stated that the record is intended to be seen as a two-sided album - "side A touches on our roots, the pirate radio stations and influences we grew up with, and side B flows deeper into soul and darker textures and atmospheres."[5]

Track listing

Notes

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Personnel

Rudimental

• Piers Aggett – drum programming (1–4, 8–11, 13–16), synthesizer (1–5, 7–11, 13–16), programming (5, 6), keyboards (12), bass synthesizer (16)
• Amir Amor – drum programming (1–5, 8–11, 13–16), guitar (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10–12, 14), bass (2, 4, 13, 15), programming (7), synthesizer (7, 9), keyboards (12, 16), percussion (16)
• Kesi Dryden – drum programming (1–5, 8, 10, 11, 13–16), synthesizer (2–5, 7–11, 13, 15, 16), programming (7), synthesizer programming (9), bass synthesizer (16)
• Leon Rolle – drum programming (1, 11, 14–16), keyboards, percussion (1–5, 8–11, 13–16); programming (7, 12), synthesizer (7)

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Ground Control

Chart (2021)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[6]	78
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	16
UK Dance Albums (OCC)[8]	1

References

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