即刻引爆 (2012)

Until Now is the second compilation album by Swedish house music supergroup Swedish House Mafia. The album was released on 19 October 2012 to mixed reviews by music critics who praised its singles and the rework of Coldplay's "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall", but deemed the record to be more suited for live play than home listening. After the album was released, the trio announced that they would split up to continue with their separate projects. The album cover features a negative photo of Axwell, Ingrosso and Angello. The album contains 4 singles: "Save the World", "Antidote", "Greyhound" and "Don't You Worry Child", the latter of which went on to become the group's signature song and biggest hit single to date.

Singles

"Save the World" is the first single to be released from the album. The single featured vocals from Swedish singer John Martin. It charted at number 4 in Sweden.

"Antidote" (vs. Knife Party) is the second single from the album and debuted at number 4 in the UK charts. The song's contains vocals by Swedish-American rapper-songwriter Adam Baptiste (also known as ADL), whose vocals are uncredited, co-written by Swedish songwriter Klas Åhlund.

"Greyhound" is the third single from the album. The song was performed at the Madison Square Garden on 16 December 2011, and charted at number 3 in the US.

"Don't You Worry Child" is the fourth single from the album. It was first performed at their final UK gig, at the Milton Keynes Bowl on 14 July 2012. It features John Martin on vocals. The single was released in Europe, Asia and Australia on 14 September 2012, 18 September in the US and Canada and 7 October in the UK.

Promotion

Swedish House Mafia embarked on a tour, appropriately named "One Last Tour" which was their farewell tour. The tour began on 16 November 2012, and ended on 24 March 2013. It ran for 53 shows, and ended in Miami, when they parted ways.

Critical reception

Until Now was met with mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 57, based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". David Jeffries from AllMusic commended the "dancefloor fillers" for being "bigger and more powerful this time out" while labelling "Don't You Worry Child" as the track that tops off the record, but stated that "there's little here that suggests Swedish House Mafia is more than the sum of its parts". Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian found that all of the songs were "subjected to the same heavy hand on the tiller: beats are stonkingly four-to-the-floor, singers wail, breakdowns shudder", but nonetheless commented on the album's "headbanging urgency", which prompts listeners to "tap a foot", thus classing it a success for the group. Ben Weisz from MusicOMH felt that with the exception of a few "euphoric gems", the album "never quite shakes the feeling of being a little gratuitous" especially since there "isn't enough creative spark on the record to justify its existence". The critic did find the "wobbling percussion" on "Leave the World Behind" to be "genuinely chilling" and hailed the remix of "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" to be the "greatest Coldplay remix ever fashioned" with its harmonies and breaks.