Album · 2016
A Moon Shaped Pool
by Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool is a 2016 alternative rock album by Radiohead. It runs 11 tracks across 53 minutes on XL Recordings. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.3/5 from 12 ratings.
#17 in Best albums of 2016 · #43 in Best alternative rock albums
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- 4.3 /5
- 12 ratings
- 87 /100
- 9 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 53 min
- Runtime
- 136 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
Ratings
12 ratings · avg 4.3
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- The Daily Telegraph5/5
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- Spin9/10
- Rolling Stone4.5/5
- The Independent4/5
- NME4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Metacriticaggregate88/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate8.4/10
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- Design
- Dr Tchock, Stanley Donwood
Tracklist
11 tracks · 53 min
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"A Moon Shaped Pool" is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as a download on 8 May 2016, backed by the singles "Burn the Witch" and "Daydreaming". CD and LP editions will be released on 17 June 2016 through XL Recordings, followed by a "special edition" in September containing additional artwork and two additional tracks. Radiohead worked on A Moon Shaped Pool intermittently after finishing the 2012 tour for their previous album, The King of Limbs (2011), recording in southern France with long-time producer Nigel Godrich. It includes several songs written and performed some years earlier; "True Love Waits" dates to at least 1995, "Burn the Witch" to 2000, and "Present Tense" to 2008. The album features strings and choral vocals arranged by multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood and performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra. A Moon Shaped Pool has a score of 86 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim."
In brief
- Is A Moon Shaped Pool good?
- Riffiter listeners rate A Moon Shaped Pool 4.3/5 from 12 ratings.
- When was A Moon Shaped Pool released?
- A Moon Shaped Pool was released in 2016 on XL Recordings.
- How many tracks are on A Moon Shaped Pool?
- A Moon Shaped Pool has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
- What genre is A Moon Shaped Pool?
- A Moon Shaped Pool is catalogued under Alternative Rock.
- What BPM is A Moon Shaped Pool?
- A Moon Shaped Pool runs at a median tempo of 136 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to A Moon Shaped Pool?
- Listeners of A Moon Shaped Pool also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, The Resistance by Muse, Demon Days by Gorillaz.
- Who produced A Moon Shaped Pool?
- Nigel Godrich produced all 11 tracks on A Moon Shaped Pool.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Engineered by
- Played by
- London Contemporary OrchestraClive Deamer
- Vocals by
- London Contemporary Orchestra
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