Singles (Future Islands album)

Singles
Studio album by Future Islands
Released March 24, 2014
Recorded August 2013
Studio Dreamland Studios, Hurley, New York
Genre Synthpop, New wave, Indie pop
Length 42:11
Label 4AD
Producer Chris Coady
Future Islands chronology
On the Water
(2011)		 Singles
(2014)
Singles from Singles
  1. "Seasons (Waiting on You)"
    Released: February 4, 2014
  2. "A Dream of You and Me"
    Released: February 3, 2015

Singles is the fourth studio album by American synthpop band Future Islands, released on March 24, 2014 through 4AD Records.[1] The album's lead single "Seasons (Waiting on You)" was picked as the best track of 2014 by NME, Pitchfork Media and Spin.[2][3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Daily Telegraph[7]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[8]
The Guardian[9]
Mojo[10]
NME8/10[11]
Pitchfork Media8.0/10[12]
Q[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
Spin8/10[15]

Singles received acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Future Islands. 

No. Title Length
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. ↑ "Singles by Future Islands". 4AD Records. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  2. ↑ "NME's Top 50 Tracks Of 2014". NME. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The 100 Best Tracks of 2014". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "The 101 Best Songs of 2014". Spin. December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Reviews for Singles by Future Islands". Metacritic. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Singles – Future Islands". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ Brown, Helen (March 21, 2014). "Future Islands, Singles, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ Rahman, Ray (March 28, 2014). "Albums: April 4, 2014". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ Gibsone, Harriet (March 20, 2014). "Future Islands: Singles review – evangelical, overwrought AOR". The Guardian. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Future Islands: Singles". Mojo (245): 96. April 2014.
  11. ↑ Calvert, John (March 21, 2014). "Future Islands – 'Singles'". NME. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  12. ↑ Larson, Jeremy D. (March 25, 2014). "Future Islands: Singles". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Future Islands: Singles". Q (334): 110. May 2014.
  14. ↑ Dolan, Jon (March 25, 2014). "Singles". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  15. ↑ Weiss, Dan (March 25, 2014). "Future Islands Channel Synth-Pop Greats, William Shatner on 'Singles'". Spin. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  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.com – 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 for Future islands. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Future islands – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Future islands. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Future islands – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Future islands. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  23. ↑ "British album certifications – Future Islands – Singles". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 6, 2016. Enter Singles in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.