Acousmatic Sorcery

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Acousmatic Sorcery
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2, 2012
Recorded2010–2011
Genre Lo-fi, outsider, soul, blues
Length45:01
Label Hot Charity/XL Recordings
Producer Willis Earl Beal
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [1]
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club A- [4]
Clash 8/10 [5]
Exclaim! 9/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 8/10 [12]

Acousmatic Sorcery is the debut album by Chicago singer-songwriter Willis Earl Beal, released on April 2, 2012 by Hot Charity/XL Recordings. [13]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Willis Earl Beal; all music is composed by Willis Earl Beal.

No.TitleLength
1."Nepenenoyka"1:48
2."Take Me Away"2:56
3."Cosmic Queries"5:34
4."Evening's Kiss"3:18
5."Sambo Joe from the Rainbow"4:22
6."Ghost Robot"3:39
7."Swing On Low"3:25
8."Monotony"3:57
9."Bright Copper 'Noon"3:36
10."Away My Silent Lover"4:14
11."Angel Chorus / Masquerade"8:17

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 101
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [15] 11
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 39

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