Astronaut Meets Appleman

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Astronaut Meets Appleman
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Studio album by
Released2 September 2023 (2023-09-02)
Length53:27
Label Domino
Producer
King Creosote chronology
From Scotland with Love
(2014)
Astronaut Meets Appleman
(2023)
I Des
(2023)

Astronaut Meets Appleman is a studio album by Scottish indie folk musician King Creosote, released on 2 September 2016 through Domino Recording Company. It received acclaim from critics and reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Background

The album title was inspired by Anderson gifting his daughter a toy man made from an apple, which she was more interested in than a spaceman toy she had also been given. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Uncut 8/10 [5]

Astronaut Meets Appleman received a score of 79 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 14 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [2] AllMusic's Timothy Monger found it to be "a looser set" than From Scotland with Love (2014) "whose earthy ramblings seem grounded more firmly in the present" and although "not one of Anderson's most immediately engaging albums", he found it to have "a meandering charm that works its magic over time". [3] John Murphy of MusicOMH described it as "an album where everything but the kitchen sink (strings, beats, even bagpipes) seems to have been thrown in, and yet it maintains a fierce focus". [1]

Mojo stated that it "could be King Creosote's finest hour yet", [4] while Uncut felt that "his wrinkled brogue—warm, pithy, occasionally fluttering to a falsetto—is a thing of understated beauty in itself, framed in folk-shanty arrangements that make telling use of strings and bagpipe". [5]

Track listing

Astronaut Meets Appleman track listing
No.TitleLength
1."You Just Want"7:25
2."Melin Wynt"5:16
3."Wake Up to This"3:33
4."Faux Call"5:06
5."Betelgeuse"4:27
6."Love Life"4:15
7."Peter Rabbit Tea"2:48
8."Surface"6:18
9."Rules of Engagement"4:31
10."The Long Fade" (bonus track)9:48
Total length:53:27

Charts

Chart performance for Astronaut Meets Appleman
Chart (2016)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [6] 2
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 25
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8] 8

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  2. 1 2 "Astronaut Meets Appleman by King Creosote Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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