Athena (album)

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Athena
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Studio album by
Sudan Archives
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
Length38:28
Label Stones Throw
Producer
Sudan Archives chronology
Sink
(2018)		Athena
(2019)		 Natural Brown Prom Queen
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10 [1]
Metacritic 83/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 9/10 [4]
Exclaim! 7/10 [5]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
No Ripcord7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [8]

Athena is the debut studio album by American musician Sudan Archives. It was released on November 1, 2019 under Stones Throw Records. [9]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Confessions" was released August 30, 2019. [10]

Critical reception

Athena was met with universal acclaim from critics. Metacritic assigned it a weighted average rating of 83 out of 100, based on 15 reviews from mainstream publications. [2]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
AllMusic Best of 2019
N/A
Clash Top 40 Albums of 2019
8
DJ Mag Top 50 Albums of 2019
24
The Line of Best Fit Top 50 Albums of 2019
39
MusicOMH Top 50 Albums of 2019
17
The New York Times Top 10 Albums of 2019
4
No RipcordTop 50 Albums of 2019
39
Passion of the WeissTop 50 Albums of 2019
6
Slate Best of 2019
N/A
The Vinyl Factory Top 50 Albums of 2019
49

Track listing

Athena track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Did You Know" Brittney Parks
  • Collin Davis
  • Catherine Parks
  • B. Parks
3:14
2."Confessions"
  • Archer
  • B. Parks
2:53
3."Black Vivaldi Sonata"
Jones2:50
4."Down on Me"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
 Rodaidh McDonald 4:10
5."Ballet of the Unhatched Twins I"B. ParksB. Parks0:41
6."Green Eyes"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • B. Parks
  • Andre Elias
3:41
7."Iceland Moss"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
3:30
8."Coming Up"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • John DeBold
  • McDonald
  • B. Parks
  • DeBold
3:41
9."House of Open Tuning II"B. ParksB. Parks0:38
10."Glorious"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • Archer
  • B. Parks
2:27
11."Stuck"B. Parks
  • B. Parks
  • Los Retros
1:08
12."Limitless"
White2:55
13."Honey"B. ParksB. Parks3:02
14."Pelicans in the Summer"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • Kenny Gilmore
  • B. Parks
  • Gilmore
3:38

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic. [3]

Sudan Archives

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