title: Accelerando (album)
text: # Accelerando (album)
  
  Accelerando is a studio album by Indian-American pianist Vijay Iyer recorded in 2011 and released on the ACT label in 2012.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 88/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | All About Jazz | |
  | The Guardian | |
  | Los Angeles Times | |
  | Pitchfork | 8.2/10 |
  | PopMatters | |
  | musicOMH | |
  | Tom Hull | A– |
  
  The album received universal acclaim with Metacritic giving it a score of 88 from 9 reviews. Thom Jurek, in his review for AllMusic states, "Accelerando is a triumph in creativity and expert musicianship, and further underscores Iyer's status as a genuine jazz innovator". Writing for All About Jazz, Troy Collins said "Accelerando is a masterful collection that balances high-minded conceptualism with heartfelt conviction". The Guardian review by John Fordham awarded the album 4 stars noting "The world's full of fine jazz piano trios, but Iyer's is way up the A-list". PopMatters editor John Garratt said "Accelerando is an album filled with highlights... There is a reason Vijay Iyer keeps popping up on year-end best-of lists; it’s because he synthesizes such disparate styles, some easily palatable and some requiring more effort, into a striking vision of his own".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Vijay Iyer except as indicated
  
  * "Bode" - 2:18
  * "Optimism" - 7:23
  * "The Star of a Story" (Rod Temperton) - 5:46
  * "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) - 9:39
  * "Wildflower" (Herbie Nichols) - 4:10
  * "Mmmhmm" (Stephen Bruner, Steve Ellison) - 4:33
  * "Little Pocket Size Demons" (Henry Threadgill) 7:14
  * "Lude" - 4:54
  * "Accelerando" - 2:51
  * "Actions Speak" - 5:38
  * "The Village of the Virgins" (Duke Ellington) - 5:17
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Vijay Iyer — piano
  * Stephan Crump — bass
  * Marcus Gilmore — drums
  