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Typical Music

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Typical Music
Studio album by
Released23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)
StudioRockfield Studios[1]
Length1:28:10
LabelBella Union
Tim Burgess chronology
I Love the New Sky
(2020)
Typical Music
(2022)
Singles from Typical Music
  1. "Here Comes the Weekend"
    Released: 14 April 2022[2]
  2. "Typical Music"
    Released: 6 June 2022[1]
  3. "Sure Enough"
    Released: 23 August 2022[3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Clash8/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
Mojo[8]
MusicOMH[9]
NME[10]
The Observer[11]
PopMatters7/10[12]

Typical Music is the sixth studio album by English musician and lead vocalist of The Charlatans Tim Burgess. It was released on 23 September 2022 by Bella Union.[13]

The album has produced singles such as "Here Comes the Weekend", "Typical Music" and "Sure Enough"

Background

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On 14 April 2022, Tim Burgess released the first single "Here Comes The Weekend", with the music video being directed by Kevin Godley.[2]

Burgess announced the release of the new double album on 6 June 2022, along with the title track "Typical Music".[1] When discussing the album, Burgess said:

"I wanted to give people everything that I’d done. And everything that I brought to the studio and worked on with the guys, I coloured them all in equally. Every idea was treated as if it was the best thing and had to be treated with extreme care. I wanted to give everything of myself"[13]

The third single "Sure Enough" was released on 23 August 2022.[3]

Critical reception

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Typical Music was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 10 reviews.[4]

Writing for The Guardian, Dave Simpson wrote: "Typical Music features Sparks-ish electronic pop, sumptuous arrangements and, on the title track, modern psychedelia. The lyrics are either endearingly gauche or deeply meaningful."[7]

Accolades

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Publications' year-end list appearances for Typical Music
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
MusicOMH MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2022 49 [14]

Track listing

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Disc One
No.TitleLength
1."Here Comes the Weekend"4:35
2."Curiosity"3:10
3."Time That We Call Time"3:45
4."Flamingo"3:20
5."Revenge Through Art"2:13
6."Kinectic Connection"3:40
7."Typical Music"3:03
8."Take Me With You"2:24
9."After This"4:24
10."The Centre of Me (Is a Symphony of You)"4:23
11."When I See You"6:58
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
1."Magic Rising"4:56
2."Tender Hooks"3:30
3."L.O.S.T Lost/Will You Take a Look at My Hand Please"7:10
4."A Bloody Nose"3:20
5."In May"3:05
6."Slacker (Than I've Ever Been)"4:10
7."View From Above"5:09
8."A Quarter to Eight"3:57
9."Sooner Than Yesterday"2:44
10."Sure Enough"3:26
11."What's Meant for You Won't Pass by You"4:48

Charts

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Chart performance for Typical Music
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 90
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[17] 7

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tim Burgess Announces New Double Album 'Typical Music'". Clash. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b Murray, Robin (14 April 2022). "Tim Burgess Shares Bouncy New Single 'Here Comes The Weekend'". Clash. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b Skinner, Tom (23 August 2022). "Tim Burgess shares "old-school" new single 'Sure Enough' with stop-motion video". NME. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  5. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. AllMusic Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ^ Miller, Isabella (27 September 2022). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  7. ^ a b Simpson, Dave (23 September 2022). "Tim Burgess: Typical Music review – eclectic adventure shows boundless lust for life". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Mojo Magazine Review". Mojo. November 2022. p. 94. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  9. ^ Hogwood, Ben (23 September 2022). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  10. ^ Beaumont, Mark (26 September 2022). "Tim Burgess – 'Typical Music' review: ambitious, if messy, adventures in sound". NME. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  11. ^ Morris, Damien (25 September 2022). "Tim Burgess: Typical Music review – freewheeling friskiness". The Observer. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  12. ^ Bergstrom, John (10 October 2022). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  13. ^ a b Krol, Charlotte (7 June 2022). "Tim Burgess announces double album 'Typical Music' and shares title track". NME. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  14. ^ Hubbard, Michael (21 December 2022). "MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2022". MusicOMH. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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