{{Short description|2002 album by Underworld}} {{Use British English|date=October 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = A Hundred Days Off | type = studio | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | cover = Underworld.ahundreddaysoff.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2002|9|4|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38757/products/486070/1/|title=アンダーワールド {{!}} ア・ハンドレッド・デイズ・オフ|trans-title=Underworld {{!}} A Hundred Days Off|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = Lemonworld (London, England) | genre = <!-- Don't add unsourced genres --> {{flatlist| *[[Electronic music|Electronic]] *[[House music|house]] *[[Lounge music|lounge]] *[[downtempo]] *[[Ambient music|ambient]] }} | length = 61:50 | label = [[V2 Records|V2]] | producer = [[Karl Hyde]] and [[Rick Smith (Underworld)|Rick Smith]] | prev_title = [[Everything, Everything (album)|Everything, Everything]] | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = [[Underworld 1992–2002|1992–2002]] | next_year = 2003 | misc = {{Singles | name = A Hundred Days Off | type = studio | single1 = [[Two Months Off]] | single1date = 28 August 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38757/products/486071/1/|title=アンダーワールド {{!}} ツー・マンス・オフ|trans-title=Underworld {{!}} Two Months Off|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> | single2 = [[Dinosaur Adventure 3D]] | single2date = 11 December 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38757/products/491574/1/|title=アンダーワールド {{!}} ダイナソー・アドヴェンチャー・3D|trans-title=Underworld {{!}} Dinosaur Adventure 3D|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=8 March 2025}}</ref> }} }} {{Album ratings | MC = 71/100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/a-hundred-days-off |title=A Hundred Days Off Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |website=Metacritic.com |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hundred-days-off-r604121 |title=A Hundred Days Off - Underworld |website=AllMusic |date=24 September 2002 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' |rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>Oct 2002, p. 82</ref> |rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' |rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|author=Alexis Petridis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/sep/13/popandrock.artsfeatures |title=CD: Underworld, A Hundred Days Off &#124; Music |work=The Guardian |date= 13 September 2002|accessdate=22 February 2012 |location=London}}</ref> |rev4 = ''[[NME]]'' |rev4Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/6723 |title=NME Album Reviews - Underworld : A Hundred Days Off |work=NME. Com |date=19 September 2002 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' |rev5Score = 6.9/10<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22858-a-hundred-days-off ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207013731/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22858-a-hundred-days-off |date=7 February 2008 }}</ref> |rev6 = ''[[Release Magazine]]'' |rev6Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orunderworldahdo.htm |title=Underworld: A Hundred Days Off - Release Music Magazine review |publisher=Releasemagazine.net |date=18 September 2002 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> |rev7 = ''[[Resident Advisor]]'' |rev7Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=573 |title=RA Reviews: Underworld - A Hundred Days Off (Album) |publisher=Residentadvisor.net |date=22 September 2002 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> |rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/underworld/albums/album/91942/review/5944245/a_hundred_days_off |title=link |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308214702/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/underworld/albums/album/91942/review/5944245/a_hundred_days_off |archive-date=8 March 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |rev9 = ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' |rev9Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/underworld/a-hundred-days-off.htm |title=Underworld - A Hundred Days Off - Review |work=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510053216/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/underworld/a-hundred-days-off.htm |archivedate=10 May 2012}}</ref> |rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' |rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ebay">{{cite web|url=http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Underworld-Hundred-Days-Off-CD-2002-/4011202 |title=Underworld - Hundred Days Off CD 2002 5033197201023 |publisher=eBay |date=14 September 2002 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> }}

'''''A Hundred Days Off''''' is the sixth album by British [[electronic music]] group [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]. The album produced two [[UK Singles Chart]] entries: "[[Two Months Off]]", which reached No. 12, and "[[Dinosaur Adventure 3D]]", which reached No. 34. Although this was the first album since [[Darren Emerson]]'s departure from the group in 2001, the album is not a huge stylistic makeover as the main focus of the band is still trance, techno, and house, although without the thumping beats that defined their previous album ''[[Beaucoup Fish]]''. Instead, the album explores more of an ambient and experimental music style.

==Critical reception== ''A Hundred Days Off'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. It has a score of 71/100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 18 reviews indicating as "generally favorable reviews". ''[[NME]]'' gave the album 8/10 describing it as "Their best album since their ''[[Dubnobasswithmyheadman]]'' debut, [[Karl Hyde|Karl]] and [[Rick Smith (Underworld)|Rick]] have pulled off a comeback in fine style and laid some demons to rest" and also stating that "Underworld prove that you're only as old as the technology you use". ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the album 3 out of 5 stars saying that "The beauty of A Hundred Days Off is that it pumps and churns so suggestively; it somehow evokes the blues of the otherwise successful modern man, who goes out every night and dances alone in his head". [[Uncut (magazine)|''Uncut'']] gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying it is "A very fine album--Underworld don't make any other kind...a beautiful and baffling enigma."

==Promo version== In the Spring of 2011, an alternate version of the album was distributed by a fan who was previously unaware that it was not widely heard.{{Citation needed|date=June 2012}} This version of the album was called "Ansum", and was apparently an early un-mastered cut of the album burned onto a CD-R for internal use at V2. Most of the tracks are very similar, if not identical, to the final album version; however, the track order is changed; "Little Speaker" is omitted; "Mo Move" is doubled in length and shares its second half with a re-worked version of the b-side "Ansum"; "Twist" contains an extended drum outro; and "Ballet Lane" and "Trim" contain minor percussion differences.

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_music = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | title1 = Mo Move | length1 = 6:54 | title2 = [[Two Months Off]] | length2 = 9:08 | title3 = Twist | length3 = 6:24 | title4 = Sola Sistim | length4 = 6:26 | title5 = Little Speaker | length5 = 8:38 | title6 = Trim | length6 = 3:23 | title7 = Ess Gee | length7 = 2:22 | title8 = [[Dinosaur Adventure 3D]] | length8 = 7:56 | title9 = Ballet Lane | length9 = 3:39 | title10 = Luetin | length10 = 7:00 | total_length = 61:50 }}

==Promo version track listing== {{Track list |title1 = Two Months Off |length1 = 9:08 |title2 = Twist |length2 = 8:46 |title3 = Sola Systim |length3 = 6:12 |title4 = Ess Gee |length4 = 2:17 |title5 = Mo Move |length5 = 13:48 |title6 = Trim |length6 = 3:18 |title7 = Dinosaur Adventure 3D |length7 = 7:55 |title8 = Ballet Lane |length8 = 3:26 |title9 = Luetin |length9 = 7:06 |total_length = 61:56 }}

==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''A Hundred Days Off'' !scope="col"|Chart (2002) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|[[Australian Albums Chart]]<ref name="australian-charts">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Underworld&titel=A+Hundred+Days+Off&cat=a |title=australian-charts.com - Underworld - A Hundred Days Off |author=Steffen Hung |publisher=australian-charts.com |access-date=23 October 2022 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128123810/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Underworld&titel=A+Hundred+Days+Off&cat=a |archivedate=28 January 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|24 |- !scope="row"|[[Belgian Albums Chart]]<ref name="ultratop">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/106e/Underworld-A-Hundred-Days-Off |title=ultratop.be - Underworld - A Hundred Days Off |publisher=ultratop.be |accessdate=29 July 2016 }}</ref> |align="center"|6 |- !scope="row"|[[Dutch Albums Chart]]<ref name="australian-charts"/> |align="center"|9 |- !scope="row"|[[French Albums Chart]]<ref name="australian-charts"/> |align="center"|42 |- !scope="row"|[[German Albums Chart]]<ref name="musicline">{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Underworld/?type=longplay|title=Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de|publisher=musicline.de|accessdate=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401213636/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Underworld/?type=longplay|archive-date=1 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |align="center"|34 |- !scope="row"|[[Oricon Albums Chart|Japanese Albums Chart]] |align="center"|7 |- !scope="row"|[[Swedish Albums Chart]]<ref name="swedishcharts">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Underworld&titel=A+Hundred+Days+Off&cat=a |title=swedishcharts.com - Underworld - A Hundred Days Off |author=Steffen Hung |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=29 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301140430/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Underworld&titel=A+Hundred+Days+Off&cat=a |archivedate=1 March 2014}}</ref> |align="center"|49 |- !scope="row"|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="officialcharts">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/underworld/|title=UNDERWORLD &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company|publisher=officialcharts.com|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|16 |- !scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/underworld-mn0000807949/awards|title=Artist Search for "underworld" &#124; AllMusic|website=AllMusic.com|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> |align="center"|122 |- !scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Electronic Albums<ref name="allmusic.com"/> |align="center"|2 |}

==Certifications== {{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''A Hundred Days Off''}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|artist=Underworld|title=ア・ハンドレッド・デイズ・オフ |award=Gold|certyear=2002|relyear=2002|certmonth=9}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Underworld|title=A Hundred Days Off|award=Silver|certyear=2026|relyear=2026|access-date=13 March 2026|id=21720}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

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