Album · 2012
Lonerism
by Tame Impala
Lonerism is a 2012 psychedelic rock album by Tame Impala. It runs 13 tracks across 55 minutes on Interscope Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.5/5 from 22 ratings.
Psychedelic Rock · Neo-Psychedelia · Psychedelic Pop
#2 in Best albums of 2012 · #2 in Best psychedelic rock albums
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- 4.5 /5
- 22 ratings
- 88 /100
- 9 critics
- 13
- Tracks
- 55 min
- Runtime
- 124 bpm
- Tempo
- G major
- Key
Ratings
22 ratings · avg 4.5
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This album has so many bangers one after another, Endors Toi, then Apocalypse Dreams, Mind Mischief, Music To Walk Home By, Why Won't They Talk To Me?, Feels Like We Only Go Backwards, Keep On Lying, Elephant ('though the bass is a bit annoying in it, but it's still good), She Just Won't Believe Me comes as an Interlude for Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control. Only 2 songs that miss for me in this album, Be Above It and Sun's Coming Up. Best Rock Album of All Time, for me. Kevin's Second Best Album. In My Opinion, Best Track: Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control. Worst Track: Sun's Coming Up. Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5.
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The bedroom-psych breakthrough: Lonerism layers Parker's drum-heavy daydreams into festival-scale loneliness, with "Elephant"'s glam stomp and "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" turning isolation into singalong. Recorded essentially alone, sounding like a six-piece on the moon. The album that made introversion an arena genre.
30 people have played it start to finish
6 people are spinning it this week
Critics
9 publications
- AllMusic5/5
- The Guardian5/5
- Pitchfork9/10
- NME9/10
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Uncut8/10
- Mojo4/5
- The Irish Times4/5
- Spin8/10
- Metacriticaggregate88/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate8.5/10
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Lonerism album cover
The Lonerism cover was photographed by KP and Matthew C. Saville and illustrated by Leif Podhajsky.
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- KP, Matthew C. Saville
- Illustration
- Leif Podhajsky
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 55 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Lonerism is Elephant — rated 5.0/5 by 5 listeners.
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There's a better than decent chance that, no matter where you are, Perth, Australia is pretty far away, a fact that pretty much makes Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker an isolated pop genius' isolated pop genius. Working mostly by himself, Parker mines this solitude with brilliant results on Tame Impala's sophomore effort, Lonerism. Diving headfirst into the realm of pop music, the way Parker uses keyboards to explore more traditional melodies makes the album feel like the McCartney to Innerspeaker's Lennon, blending the familiar with the far out to craft a Revolver-esque psych-pop experience. This shift from the guitar-heavy sound of the debut to a more synthed-out approach gives the album a more expansive feeling, allowing Parker to explore new textures through layer after layer of melody. As with Innerspeaker, sonic architect Dave Fridmann handles the mixing, and though he wasn't involved in the recording process, Lonerism definitely shares the producer's knack for using the space as an instrument in and of itself.
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This layering of not just sounds, but environments, creates a serene and lonely patchwork of sound, texture, and atmosphere that's a pleasure to explore, offering something different with every journey into its swirling haze of classic pop melody and modern, more experimental, construction. Most importantly, the partnership allows Fridmann to help shape Tame Impala's wild, starry-eyed ambition into something enveloping and accessible, a trick he's performed for the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev again and again. This combination gives Lonerism the best of both worlds, allowing it the creative freedom to emerge as one of the most impressive albums of the home-recording era while still feeling superbly refined.
In brief
- Is Lonerism good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Lonerism 4.5/5 from 22 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Lonerism?
- Elephant, rated 5.0/5 by 5 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Lonerism released?
- Lonerism was released in 2012 on Interscope Records.
- How many tracks are on Lonerism?
- Lonerism has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 55 minutes.
- What genre is Lonerism?
- Lonerism is catalogued under Psychedelic Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop.
- What BPM is Lonerism?
- Lonerism runs at a median tempo of 124 BPM across its tracks, most often in G major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Lonerism?
- Listeners of Lonerism also rate AM by Arctic Monkeys, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Random Access Memories by Daft Punk.
- Who produced Lonerism?
- Kevin Parker produced 12 of the 13 tracks on Lonerism.
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- Mixed by
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