Avalanche (Quadron album)

Avalanche
Studio album by Quadron
Released	31 May 2013 (2013-05-31)
Genre	Soul, pop
Label	Vested in Culture, Epic
Producer	Robin Hannibal, Fraser T Smith, Derek Ali, Sylvia Rhone (exec.), Tricky Stewart (exec.)
Quadron chronology
Quadron (2009) Avalanche (2013)
Singles from Avalanche
"Hey Love" Released: 1 March 2013 "Favorite Star" Released: 3 June 2013 [1] "LFT" Released: 11 November 2013 [2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
AMPYA	(7/10) [5]
eMusic	[6]
Exclaim!	9/10 [7]
Filter	[8]
Now	[9]
Pitchfork Media	(7/10) [10]
Popmatters	(7/10) [11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Today	[13]

Avalanche is the second studio album by Danish soul pop duo Quadron. It was released on 31 May 2013 through Vested in Culture and Epic Records. Upon its release, Avalanche received positive reviews from music critics.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews. ^[3]

Commercial performance

Despite its positive reception, the album was a relative commercial failure, only peaking at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the group's native Denmark the album achieved greater commercial success, spending 12 weeks in the top 10 of the charts and was eventually certified gold for 10,000 copies sold. ^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"LFT"	Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj, Robin Hannibal	Hannibal, Kuk Harrell [a]	3:29
2.	"Favorite Star"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal, Harrell [a]	3:21
3.	"Hey Love"	Hannibal, Karshøj, Fraser T Smith, Ali Tamposi	Smith, Hannibal, Harrell [a]	3:23
4.	"Crush"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:44
5.	"Befriend"	Karshøj, Hannibal, August Rosenbaum	Hannibal	4:16
6.	"Neverland"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:38
7.	"It's Gonna Get You"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum	Hannibal, Harrell [a]	3:26
8.	"Better Off" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)	Karshøj, Hannibal, Kendrick Duckworth	Hannibal, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali	4:24
9.	"Sea Salt"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum	Hannibal	3:08
10.	"Avalanche"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:45

iTunes Store additional track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Something That You Like"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Om'Mas Keith	4:08

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic. ^[15]

• Marcel Camargo - guitar
• Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – arrangement, engineer, producer
• Anita Marisa Boriboon – design
• Delbert Bowers – mixing assistant
• Pablo Calogero – baritone saxophone
• Errol Cooney – guitar
• Claire Courchene – cello
• Thomas Drayton – bass
• Fraser T Smith – composer, drums, percussion, piano, producer
• Chris Galland – mixing assistant
• Robin Hannibal – arrangement, composer, engineer, instrumentation, mixing assistant, producer
• Kuk Harrell – engineer, vocal engineer, vocal producer
• Eliot Hazel – photography
• Hans Hvidberg – drums
• Peter Jacobsen – cello
• Coco O. – art direction, composer, lyrics, vocals
• Dave Kutch – mastering
• Kendrick Lamar – composer
• Elizabeth Lea – trombone
• Tom Lea – viola, violin
• Dan Lead – guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Alan Lightner – steel drums
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Gloria Noto – make-up
• Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
• Sylvia Rhone – executive producer
• August Rosenbaum – composer, keyboards, organ, synthesizer
• John Ruggiero – hair stylist
• Andrew Schwartz – engineer
• Todd Simon – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Tricky Stewart – executive producer
• Ali Tamposi – composer
• Marcos Tovar – engineer
• Steven Valenzuela – engineer
• Tracy Wannomae – clarinet, flute, saxophone

Chart positions

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [16]	3
US Billboard 200 [17]	115
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	16
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [18]	1

Release history

List of release dates, with country released, format, record label and edition

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label
Germany	31 May 2013 [19]	Digital download	Vested in Culture, Epic Records
Denmark [20]	3 June 2013	CD, digital download
United States [21]	June 4, 2013	CD, digital download
Germany [22]	14 June 2013	CD

References

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