As Long as You Are

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As Long as You Are
Future Islands - As Long as You Are.png
Studio album by
Future Islands
ReleasedOctober 9, 2020
Genre Synthpop
Length44:25
Label 4AD
Producer
Future Islands chronology
The Far Field
(2017)		As Long as You Are
(2020)		 People Who Aren't There Anymore
(2024)
Singles from As Long as You Are
  1. "For Sure"
    Released: July 8, 2020 [1]
  2. "Thrill"
    Released: August 12, 2020 [2]
  3. "Moonlight"
    Released: September 15, 2020 [3]
  4. "Plastic Beach"
    Released: January 4, 2021 [4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Paste 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 6.1/10 [10]
Beats Per Minute 78% [11]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [12]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [14]

As Long as You Are is the sixth studio album by American synth-pop band Future Islands, released on October 9, 2020. [15] The album was the first to feature Michael Lowry as proper member of the band, after previously serving as their touring drummer since 2014.

Contents

Critical reception

As Long as You Are received acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gerrit Welmers, Michael Lowry, Samuel T. Herring, and William Cashion. All tracks are engineered and mixed by Steve Wright. [16]

As Long as You Are track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Glada"4:18
2."For Sure"3:24
3."Born in a War"4:12
4."I Knew You"4:12
5."City's Face"3:50
6."Waking"4:08
7."The Painter"4:50
8."Plastic Beach"3:40
9."Moonlight"3:38
10."Thrill"4:20
11."Hit the Coast"3:53
Total length:44:25

Charts

Chart performance for As Long as You Are
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [17] 105
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [18] 178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 45
Irish Albums (OCC) [20] 35
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [21] 11
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 22
US Billboard 200 [25] 108
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [26] 17

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