Algiers | ||||
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Studio album by Algiers | ||||
Released | June 2, 2015 | |||
Recorded | April–June 2014 4AD Studios London |
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Genre | Post-punk, gospel music, psychedelic soul | |||
Length | 44:35 | |||
Label | Matador | |||
Producer | Algiers and Tom Morris | |||
Algiers chronology | ||||
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Singles from Algiers | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 79/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Drowned in Sound | 9/10 |
musicOMH | |
NME | 8/10 |
Pitchfork | 7.7/10 |
PopMatters | |
The 405 | 8/10 |
Algiers is the eponymous debut album by American experimental band Algiers. The album was released through Matador Records on June 2, 2015.
Algiers received positive feedback from contemporary music critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek stated that, "Algiers, both band and album, offer musical and topical intensity alternately malevolent and passionate in searching and affirming truth, human and otherworldly. All of these seemingly disparate historical musical elements are distilled in such a startling manner, they carve something new from the fragments. This is a stunning debut."
All personnel credits adapted from Algiers album notes.
Algiers
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