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Cocoa Sugar
Studio album by
Young Fathers
Released9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)
Genre
Length36:45
LabelNinja Tune
ProducerYoung Fathers
Young Fathers chronology
White Men Are Black Men Too
(2015) 		Cocoa Sugar
(2018) 		Heavy Heavy
(2023)
Singles from Cocoa Sugar
  1. "Lord"
    Released: 31 October 2017
  2. "In My View"
    Released: 17 January 2018
  3. "Toy"
    Released: 28 February 2018

Cocoa Sugar is the third studio album by Scottish indie group Young Fathers. It was released on Ninja Tune on 9 March 2018. Cocoa Sugar won the Scottish Album of the Year Award for 2018.[2]

The album art, designed by Tom Hingston and photographed by Julia Noni, is a direct homage to the Waldemar Swierzy's Polish poster for the 1969 drama film Midnight Cowboy.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.2/10[4]
Metacritic87/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubB+[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Independent[9]
Mojo[10]
NME[11]
The Observer[1]
Pitchfork7.3/10[12]
Q[13]
Uncut8/10[14]

Accolades

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
The Skinny UK The 50 Best Albums of 2018[15] 2018 1

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."See How"2:01
2."Fee Fi"2:41
3."In My View"3:15
4."Turn"3:36
5."Lord"3:34
6."Tremolo"3:08
7."Wow"4:00
8."Border Girl"4:01
9."Holy Ghost"2:32
10."Wire"1:40
11."Toy"3:13
12."Picking You"3:04
Total length:36:45
Japanese bonus track[16]
No.TitleLength
13."Just a Kid"3:01
14."Out of My Mind Sometimes"2:04
Total length:41:50

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 28
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[19] 4
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[20] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 173

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, Damien (10 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar review – sounds like freedom feels". The Observer. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year for Cocoa Sugar". BBC. 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ Foster, John (14 March 2018). "Judging A Cover By Its Cover: March's best record sleeves". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Cocoa Sugar – Young Fathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ Purdom, Clayton (9 March 2018). "Young Fathers, Cocoa Sugar". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ Petridis, Alexis (8 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar review – twisted sounds for a twisted world". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  9. ^ Gill, Andy (8 March 2018). "Album reviews: Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds, David Byrne – American Utopia, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ^ Cowan, Andy (April 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Mojo (293): 91.
  11. ^ Milton, Jamie (17 March 2018). "Young Fathers – 'Cocoa Sugar' Album Review". NME. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  12. ^ Pearce, Sheldon (16 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  13. ^ Doyle, Tom (April 2018). "Sugar Daddies". Q (383): 104–05.
  14. ^ Pattison, Louis (April 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Uncut (251): 37.
  15. ^ "Albums of 2018 (#1): Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar". The Skinny. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. ^ "BEATINK.COM / Cocoa Sugar". BEATINK.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  19. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  21. ^ "Ultratop.be – Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
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