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| Released | June 2, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | April–June 2014 4AD Studios London | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic soul [1] [2] | |||
| Length | 44:35 | |||
| Label | Matador | |||
| Producer | Algiers and Tom Morris | |||
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Algiers is the debut album by American experimental band Algiers. The album was released through Matador Records on June 2, 2015. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.3/10 [4] |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Clash | 8/10 [7] |
| DIY | [8] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 [9] |
| The Irish Times | [10] |
| MusicOMH | [11] |
| NME | 7/10 [12] |
| Pitchfork | 7.7/10 [2] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [13] |
| Uncut | 7/10 [14] |
Algiers received positive feedback from contemporary music critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 13 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [5]
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek stated that, "Algiers, both band and album, offer musical and topical intensity alternately malevolent and passionate in searching and affirming truth, human and otherworldly. All of these seemingly disparate historical musical elements are distilled in such a startling manner, they carve something new from the fragments. This is a stunning debut." [6]
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Quietus | The Quietus Albums Of 2015 | 2015 | 63 [15] |
| Treble Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 5 [16] |
| PopMatters | The 80 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 13 [17] |
| Entertainment Weekly | The 40 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 24 [18] |
| Drowned in Sound | Favourite Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 38 [19] |
| Uncut | The Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | 51 [20] |
| Under the Radar | Favourite Albums of the Year 2015 | 2015 | 80 [21] |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Remains" | 3:05 |
| 2. | "Claudette" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "And When You Fall" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Blood" | 5:38 |
| 5. | "Old Girl" | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Irony. Utility. Pretext." | 4:30 |
| 7. | "But She Was Not Flying" | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Black Eunuch" | 3:39 |
| 9. | "Games" | 3:49 |
| 10. | "In Parallax" | 8:20 |
All personnel credits adapted from Algiers album notes. [22]
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