Slowdive (album)

Slowdive
Studio album by
Slowdive
Released5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
Studio
Genre
Length46:01
LabelDead Oceans
ProducerNeil Halstead
Slowdive chronology
Catch the Breeze
(2004) 		Slowdive
(2017) 		Everything Is Alive
(2023)
Singles from Slowdive
  1. "Star Roving"
    Released: 12 January 2017
  2. "Sugar for the Pill"
    Released: 28 March 2017

Slowdive is the fourth studio album by English rock band Slowdive. It was released on 5 May 2017 by the record label Dead Oceans.[1] It was Slowdive's first studio album in 22 years, following Pygmalion (1995).[1] It was also the band's first album since Souvlaki (1993) to feature the drummer Simon Scott as a member.

Slowdive was preceded by the singles "Star Roving", released on 12 January 2017,[2][3] and "Sugar for the Pill", released on 28 March 2017.[1]

The album artwork is a still image from avant-garde cut-out animation film, Heaven and Earth Magic (1962), by beatnik artist and polymath Harry Smith.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[4]
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The A.V. ClubB[7]
ConsequenceA−[8]
Financial Times[9]
The Guardian[10]
Mojo[11]
The Observer[12]
Pitchfork8.6/10[13]
The Times[14]
Uncut8/10[15]

Slowdive received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews.[5]

TJ Kliebhan of Consequence found that Slowdive had "delivered a fresh dream-pop sound that is still uniquely Slowdive", concluding that "Slowdive delivers nearly everything their fans desire in a return: familiarity, innovation, and vast atmospheres to get lost in."[8] The Skinny's Duncan Harman said that the album "represents an awareness of legacy, and the importance of not pissing all over it; to that extent, it's an essential addition to canon."[16] Drowned in Sound reviewer Dom Gourlay called Slowdive a "majestic return that doesn't just fill in the gaps, but points unflinchingly towards future horizons."[17] Sean T. Collins of Pitchfork said that the album "offers maximum-volume shoegaze too, better than the band ever has before",[13] and Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! wrote that it "certainly was a long wait, but finally Slowdive have given us the album that we have been dreaming about for the last 22 years."[18]

Accolades

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Accolades for Slowdive
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Crack Magazine The 100 Best Albums of 2017
13
[19]
Exclaim Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2017
3
[20]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
30
[21]
The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017
8
[22]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2017
15
[23]
A2IM Libera Awards 2018 Album of the Year 2018
1
[24]
Opinion Police The Best Song of the 2010s (Star Roving)
1
[25]

Track listing

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Slowdive track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slomo"
6:53
2."Star Roving"Halstead5:39
3."Don't Know Why"Halstead4:37
4."Sugar for the Pill"
4:31
5."Everyone Knows"Halstead4:22
6."No Longer Making Time"Halstead5:48
7."Go Get It"
  • Halstead
  • Savill
  • Chaplin
  • Goswell
  • Scott
6:10
8."Falling Ashes"
  • Halstead
  • Scott
8:01
Total length:46:01
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."30th June"
  • Halstead
  • Savill
  • Goswell
7:27
Total length:53:25

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[27]

Slowdive

Additional personnel

Charts

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Chart performance for Slowdive
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[28] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[29] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[30] 53
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[31] 72
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32] 38
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[33] 49
French Albums (SNEP)[34] 122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[35] 33
Irish Albums (IRMA)[36] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[37] 103
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[38] 7
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[39] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC)[40] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[41] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[42] 79
UK Albums (OCC)[43] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[44] 4
US Billboard 200[45] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[46] 3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[47] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[48] 11

References

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  2. ^ Minsker, Evan (12 January 2017). "Listen to Slowdive's First New Track in 22 Years, 'Star Roving'". Pitchfork. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  3. ^ Blistein, Jon (12 January 2017). "Hear Slowdive's Celestial First Song in 22 Years 'Star Roving'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Slowdive by Slowdive reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Slowdive by Slowdive Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ Sendra, Tim. "Slowdive – Slowdive". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ Fredette, Meagan (5 May 2017). "Slowdive returns after 22 years with a tentative step toward pop". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b Kliebhan, TJ (4 May 2017). "Album Review: Slowdive – Slowdive". Consequence. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (12 May 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive — 'shoegaze nostalgia'". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ^ Gibsone, Harriet (4 May 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive review – jewel-like, spacious return by shoegaze originals". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  11. ^ Male, Andrew (5 May 2017). "Slowdive – Slowdive". Mojo. Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  12. ^ Morris, Damien (7 May 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive review – the band they always wanted to be". The Observer. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  13. ^ a b Collins, Sean T. (8 May 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  14. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (5 May 2017). "Pop: Slowdive: Slowdive". The Times. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  15. ^ Bonner, Michael (June 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive". Uncut. No. 241. p. 27.
  16. ^ Harman, Duncan (2 May 2017). "Slowdive – Slowdive". The Skinny. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  17. ^ Gourlay, Dom (5 May 2017). "Album Review: Slowdive – Slowdive". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  18. ^ Lindsay, Cam (3 May 2017). "Slowdive: Slowdive". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  19. ^ Crack Staff (December 2017). "The 100 Best Albums of 2017". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  20. ^ Exclaim Staff (29 November 2017). "Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, 10 to 1". Exclaim. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
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  22. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (13 December 2017). "The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  23. ^ Stereogum Staff (5 December 2017). "The 50 Best Albums of 2017". Stereogum. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Nominees". A2IM LIBERA AWARDS. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  25. ^ "The Best 100 Songs of the 2010s". Opinion Police. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  26. ^ "Sugar For The Pill". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  27. ^ Slowdive (liner notes). Slowdive. Dead Oceans. 2017. DOC132.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  28. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 15th May 2017" (PDF). The ARIA Report. No. 1420. 15 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
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  40. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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  44. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
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  46. ^ "Slowdive Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  47. ^ "Slowdive Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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