Advaitic Songs

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Advaitic Songs
AdvaiticSongsOM.jpg
Studio album by
Om
ReleasedJuly 24, 2012
Genre
Length43:49
LanguageEnglish, Sanskrit, Arabic
Label Drag City
Om chronology
God Is Good
(2009)
Advaitic Songs
(2012)
Live
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
Pitchfork (5.2/10) [7]

Advaitic Songs is the fifth studio album by American rock band Om, released on July 24, 2012. The album has received a generally favorable response from both fans and critics, though its reception was more mixed than past works. The album has a 67 on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2] As with Pilgrimage and God Is Good , Advaitic Songs' album cover again visits Iconography from Christianity. The cover of the album features an image of John the Baptist.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Addis"5:32
2."State of Non-return"6:05
3."Gethsemane"10:23
4."Sinai"10:19
5."Haqq al-Yaqin"11:24
Total length:43:49

Versions

Advaitic Songs was released on CD and, for the first time in OM's vinyl-issuing history, a deluxe 2x vinyl audiophile version pressed at 45rpm. In 2013, a cassette version was released, as was a cassette version of the band's 2009 album God Is Good.

Personnel

Om

Guest musicians

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