As You Please

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As You Please
Citizen As You Please.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2017
RecordedEarly 2017
Genre
Length47:57
Label Run for Cover
Producer Will Yip
Citizen chronology
Everybody Is Going to Heaven
(2015)
As You Please
(2017)
Life in Your Glass World
(2021)
Singles from As You Please
  1. "Jet"
    Released: July 12, 2017
  2. "In the Middle of It All"
    Released: August 23, 2017
  3. "Flowerchild"
    Released: September 21, 2017
  4. "Fever Days"
    Released: May 17, 2018

As You Please is the third studio album by American rock band Citizen. The album was released on October 6, 2017 through Run for Cover Records. On October 24, 2018, Citizen uploaded a song that was not used on the album, "Open Your Heart", through the Run For Cover Records YouTube channel. In May 2018, the group embarked on a co-headlining US tour with Basement; they were supported by Pronoun and Souvenirs. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 5/10 [6]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [7]
Rock Sound 8/10 [8]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [9]

As You Please was well-received by most contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, which normalizes music ratings, As You Please received an average score of 77 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews based on 9 critics". [2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Citizen

As You Please track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Jet"3:44
2."In the Middle of It All"4:17
3."As You Please"4:13
4."Medicine"4:13
5."Ugly Luck"4:00
6."World"3:44
7."Fever Days"3:35
8."Control"3:57
9."Discrete Routine"3:45
10."I Forgive No One"4:07
11."You Are a Star"4:13
12."Flowerchild"4:36
Total length:47:57

Charts

Chart performance for As You Please
Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 9
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [12] 46
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] 45
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [14] 24
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [15] 12

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