6 Feet Beneath the Moon

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6 Feet Beneath the Moon
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Studio album by
King Krule
Released24 August 2013 (2013-08-24)
Genre
Length52:26
Label
Producer
King Krule chronology
King Krule
(2011)		6 Feet Beneath the Moon
(2013)		 A New Place 2 Drown
(2015)
Singles from 6 Feet Beneath the Moon
  1. "Easy Easy"
    Released: 15 July 2013
  2. "Neptune Estate"
    Released: 21 October 2013
  3. "A Lizard State"
    Released: 13 January 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 9/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
NME 8/10 [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 7/10 [12]

6 Feet Beneath the Moon is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Archy Marshall under the stage name King Krule. It was released on 24 August 2013, Marshall's nineteenth birthday, via True Panther Sounds and XL Recordings. [13]

Contents

Release and promotion

6 Feet Beneath the Moon was released in North America by True Panther Sounds and in the rest of the world by XL Recordings. Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1 premiered "Neptune Estate" on his show on 12 August 2013. [14] On 14 August, the album was made available to stream in full on King Krule's website, with live CCTV footage of various London streets accompanying each track. [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Archy Marshall

No.TitleLength
1."Easy Easy"2:50
2."Border Line"3:06
3."Has This Hit?"4:26
4."Foreign 2"3:39
5."Ceiling"2:56
6."Baby Blue"3:36
7."Cementality"3:44
8."A Lizard State"4:20
9."Will I Come"1:55
10."Ocean Bed"3:31
11."Neptune Estate"5:13
12."The Krockadile"4:52
13."Out Getting Ribs"4:16
14."Bathed in Grey"4:02
Total length:52:26
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
15."Little Wild"3:40
Total length:56:06

Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 65
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 182
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [19] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 100
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [21] 60
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 65
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [23] 12
US Billboard 200 [24] 187
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [25] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 37

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