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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Daily Telegraph[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
Spin8/10[11]

Singles is the fourth studio album by American synthpop band Future Islands, released on March 24, 2014 through 4AD Records.[12] The album's lead single "Seasons (Waiting on You)" was picked as the best track of 2014 by NME, Pitchfork Media and Spin.[13][14][15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Future Islands

No.TitleLength
1."Seasons (Waiting on You)"3:46
2."Spirit"4:22
3."Sun in the Morning"3:48
4."Doves"3:28
5."Back in the Tall Grass"4:15
6."A Song for Our Grandfathers"4:55
7."Light House"4:47
8."Like the Moon"4:40
9."Fall from Grace"4:15
10."A Dream of You and Me"3:49

Charts

Chart (2014–16) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] 51
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 34
US Billboard 200[20] 40
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[21] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[22] 11

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Silver 60,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for Singles by Future Islands". Metacritic. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Singles – Future Islands". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  3. ^ Brown, Helen (March 21, 2014). "Future Islands, Singles, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Rahman, Ray (March 28, 2014). "Albums: April 4, 2014". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (March 20, 2014). "Future Islands: Singles review – evangelical, overwrought AOR". The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Calvert, John (March 21, 2014). "Future Islands – 'Singles'". NME. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Larson, Jeremy D. (March 25, 2014). "Future Islands: Singles". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  8. ^ "Future Islands: Singles". Q (334): 110. May 2014.
  9. ^ Dolan, Jon (March 25, 2014). "Singles". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  10. ^ Liedel, Kevin (March 25, 2014). "Future Islands: Singles". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  11. ^ Weiss, Dan (March 25, 2014). "Future Islands Channel Synth-Pop Greats, William Shatner on 'Singles'". Spin. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  12. ^ "Singles by Future Islands". 4AD Records. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  13. ^ "NME's Top 50 Tracks Of 2014". NME. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  14. ^ "The 100 Best Tracks of 2014". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  15. ^ "The 101 Best Songs of 2014". Spin. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (February 7, 2015). "ARIA Albums: Taylor Swift Spends 9th Week On Top". Noise11. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Future islands – Singles" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  18. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – Future islands – Singles". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  19. ^ "Future islands | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  20. ^ "Future islands Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  21. ^ "Future islands Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  22. ^ "Future islands Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  23. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
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