| A Mineral Love | ||||
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| Released | 1 April 2016 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 45:38 | |||
| Label | Warp Records | |||
| Producer | Bibio | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Clash | 6/10 [3] |
| Consequence of Sound | B− [4] |
| Exclaim! | 5/10 [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.8/10 [6] |
| PopMatters |   [7] |
A Mineral Love is the seventh studio album by electronic musician Bibio, his fourth studio release on Warp Records. [8] It was released on 1 April 2016.
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, A Mineral Love received an average score of 77% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Petals" | 2:32 |
| 2. | "A Mineral Love" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Raxeira" | 2:52 |
| 4. | "Town & Country" | 4:03 |
| 5. | "Feeling" | 3:27 |
| 6. | "The Way You Talk" (featuring Gotye) | 2:50 |
| 7. | "With the Thought of Us" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "Why So Serious?" (featuring Olivier St. Louis) | 4:46 |
| 9. | "C'est La Vie" | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Wren Tails" | 1:34 |
| 11. | "Gasoline & Mirrors" (featuring Wax Stag) | 5:43 |
| 12. | "Saint Thomas" | 3:39 |
| 13. | "Light Up the Sky" | 3:38 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Pretty Girls" | 4:45 |
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums ( Billboard ) [9] | 9 |
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