A Sleep & a Forgetting
Appearance
A Sleep & a Forgetting | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 14, 2012 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 47:34 | |||
Label | ANTI- | |||
Islands chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 69/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) [3] |
Prefix Magazine | [4] |
Sputnikmusic | [5] |
Paste | [6] |
A Sleep & a Forgetting is the fourth studio album by indie rock band Islands. It was released on February 14, 2012 on ANTI-.[7]
Nicholas Thorburn has called it his "strongest most cohesive record",[8] a record that "deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming."[9]
Reception
[edit]At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "In a Dream It Seemed Real" | 3:21 |
2. | "This Is Not a Song" | 3:56 |
3. | "Never Go Solo" | 4:45 |
4. | "No Crying" | 3:05 |
5. | "Hallways" | 2:54 |
6. | "Can't Feel My Face" | 2:46 |
7. | "Lonely Love" | 3:40 |
8. | "Oh Maria" | 4:08 |
9. | "Cold Again" | 3:19 |
10. | "Don't I Love You" | 3:20 |
11. | "Same Thing" | 2:32 |
12. | "Swallows" (Bonus Track) | 3:07 |
13. | "Comes To Light" (Bonus Track) | 3:17 |
14. | "Grey Funnel Line" (Bonus Track) | 3:24 |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- A Sleep & a Forgetting at Discogs (list of releases)