Criminal (album)
| Criminal | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 2, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Industrial[1] | |||
| Length | 39:39 | |||
| Label | Sacred Bones | |||
| Producer |
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| The Soft Moon chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The 405 | 8/10[3] |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B[5] |
| Crack Magazine | 7/10[6] |
| DIY | [7] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10[8] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[9] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[10] |
| Pitchfork | 7.2/10[11] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[12] |
Criminal is the fourth studio album by American post-punk band the Soft Moon. It was released on February 2, 2018 by Sacred Bones Records.
Critical reception[edit]
Criminal 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.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews.[13]
Sean O'Neal from The A.V. Club said the album "evokes all of those classic, angry goth teen touchstones. And while that poetry-journal melodrama grows a tad exhausting by album’s end, there are plenty of deliciously bitter pleasures here for anyone who similarly loves brooding in that blacked-out, candlelit bedroom of the mind."[12] Francisco Gonçalves Silva from The 405 explained "Despite the album adopting a confessional structure, the characteristic elements of The Soft Moon’s aggression remains. And it all sounds dirtier, gritter and angrier than ever."[3]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Burn" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Choke" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Give Something" | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Like a Father" | 4:40 |
| 5. | "The Pain" | 4:36 |
| 6. | "It Kills" | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Ill" | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Young" | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Born Into This" | 3:49 |
| 10. | "Criminal" | 4:53 |
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from AllMusic website.[4]
- Luis Vasquez – composition, production, engineering, mastering, mixing
- Maurizio Baggio – composition, arrangement, production, engineering, mastering, mixing
- Marion Costentin – photography
References[edit]
- ^ Freedman, Max (February 2, 2018). "The Soft Moon - Criminal". DIY. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Gonçalves Silva, Francisco (February 6, 2018). "Criminal is a journey of powerful catharsis for The Soft Moon". The 405. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ O'Neal, Sean (February 2, 2018). "Rhye, AWOLNATION, The Soft Moon, and other albums to know about this week". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Peirson-Hagger, Ellen. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Freedman, Max. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Turner-Heffer, Adam (February 6, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Yuyitung, Matt (January 30, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Westley, Nathan (February 7, 2018). "The Line of Best Fit Review". Thelineofbestfit.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Geffen, Sasha (February 7, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Whitelock, Ed (March 9, 2018). "PopMatters Review". Popmatters.com. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
