As If (album)

As If
Studio album by !!!
Released	October 16, 2015
Genre	Dance-punk, indie rock, dance, disco
Length	51:25
Label	Warp Records
Producer	!!!, Jim Eno, [1] Patrick Ford [1]
!!! chronology
Thr!!!er (2013) As If (2015) Shake the Shudder (2017)
Singles from As If
"All U Writers" Released: April 28, 2015 "Freedom! '15" Released: July 30, 2015 "Bam City" Released: September 30, 2015 "Ooo" Released: November 16, 2015 "Every Little Bit Counts" Released: January 29, 2016

As If is the sixth studio album by American dance-punk group !!!, released on October 16, 2015, on Warp Records. ^[2]

Singles

Three official singles were released from As If. "All U Writers", featuring vocals from Teresa Eggers, released 28 April 2015. "Freedom '15" released 30 July 2015, featuring vocals from Yolanda Harris Dancy and Taletha Manor; a lyric video was uploaded 20 August 2015. The third single from the album, "Bam City", was released 30 September 2015, with an accompanying music video. "Ooo" was released with an accompanying music video on November 16, 2015.

One promotional single was released from As If: "Sick Ass Moon", an "R&B-tinted house track", released with "Freedom '15" on 30 July 2015.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Clash	7/10 [5]
Consequence of Sound	C [6]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [7]
Exclaim!	8/10 [8]
Mojo	[3]
NME	6/10 [9]
Pitchfork	6.9/10 [10]
Q	[3]
Uncut	6/10 [3]

In a positive review for Exclaim! , Daniel Sylvester called the album "one of the most enjoyable, if schizophrenic, dance albums of the year." ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All U Writers"	4:53
2.	"Sick Ass Moon"	4:21
3.	"Every Little Bit Counts"	3:14
4.	"Freedom! '15"	6:00
5.	"Ooo"	3:44
6.	"All the Way"	4:36
7.	"Til the Money Runs Out"	4:31
8.	"Bam City"	3:25
9.	"Funk (I Got This)"	4:41
10.	"Lucy Mongoosey"	3:21
11.	"I Feel So Free (Citation Needed)"	8:39
Total length:		51:25

Japanese bonus track ^[11]

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Butt Dial/Bitter Lemon"	3:24
Total length:		54:49

Personnel

• Rafael Cohen – vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards
• Nic Offer – vocals, keyboards
• Mario Andreoni – guitar, bass, keyboards
• Allan Wilson – saxophone, keyboards, percussion, background vocals
• Daniel Gorman – keyboards, background vocals
• Paul Quattrone – drums
• Heba Kadry – mastering

Charts

Chart performance for As If

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12]	142
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [13]	80
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [14]	18

References

1. "As If by !!! [Chik Chik Chik]". metacritic.net. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
2. "!!!: As If". Warp.net. Archived from the original on 2015-08-25. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
3. "Critic Reviews for As If". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
4. Sendra, Tim. "As If - !!!". AllMusic . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
5. Smith, Mat (October 16, 2015). "!!! - As If". Clash . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
6. Pearce, Sheldon (October 15, 2015). "!!! - As If". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
7. Roseblade. Nick (October 13. 2015). "Album Review: !!! - As If" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine . Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
8. Sylvester, Daniel (October 15, 2015). "!!! - As If". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
9. Huggett, Stuart (October 14, 2015). "!!! - 'As If'". NME . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
10. Cook, Cameron (October 21, 2015). "!!!: As If". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 12, 2016.
11. "As If". itunes.apple.com/jp. Retrieved 4 Oct 2015.
12. "Ultratop.be – !!! – As If" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
13. "!!!(チック・チック・チック)のアルバム売上ランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved March 21, 2021.
14. "Chk Chk Chk 2 Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.