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Kannon (album)

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Kannon
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 4, 2015
Recorded2015
GenreDrone metal, drone, noise
Length33:26
LabelSouthern Lord
SUNN250
ProducerStephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson, Randall Dunn
Sunn O))) chronology
Soused
(2014)
Kannon
(2015)
Life Metal
(2019)

Kannon is the seventh studio album by American drone metal band Sunn O))).

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[1]
Pitchfork6.5/10[2]
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundB+[4]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, lyrics by Attila Csihar[6]

No.TitleLength
1."Kannon 1"12:50
2."Kannon 2"9:10
3."Kannon 3"11:26
Total length:33:26

Production

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  • Produced by Sunn O))) (Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson) with Randall Dunn
  • Engineers: Randall Dunn, Jason Ward
  • Assistant Engineer: Mell Dettmer
  • Art direction: Stephen O'Malley
  • Cover art: Angela Bolliger, photographed by Robyn Vickers, text by Aliza Shvarts
  • Band portraits: Estelle Hanania

Personnel

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Credits adapted from official marketing text.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Bakare, Lanre. "Sunn O))): Kannon review - daunting but oddly relaxing drone metal". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Currin, Grayson. "Sunn O))): Kannon". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Kannon - Sunn O)))". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Hadusek, Jon. "Sunn O))) - Kannon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  5. ^ "Kannon by Sunn O)))". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  6. ^ a b "Kannon by Sunn O)))". sunn.bandcamp.com. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2020.