Avalanche (Quadron album)

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Avalanche
Quadron Avalanche.jpg
Studio album by
Released31 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
  1. "Hey Love"
    Released: 1 March 2013
  2. "Favorite Star"
    Released: 3 June 2013 [1]
  3. "LFT"
    Released: 11 November 2013 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
AMPYA(7/10) [5]
eMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 9/10 [7]
Filter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork Media (7/10) [10]
Popmatters (7/10) [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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. 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] 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]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."LFT"Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj, Robin HannibalHannibal, Kuk Harrell [a] 3:29
2."Favorite Star"Karshøj, HannibalHannibal, Harrell [a] 3:21
3."Hey Love"Hannibal, Karshøj, Fraser T Smith, Ali TamposiSmith, Hannibal, Harrell [a] 3:23
4."Crush"Karshøj, HannibalHannibal3:44
5."Befriend"Karshøj, Hannibal, August RosenbaumHannibal4:16
6."Neverland"Karshøj, HannibalHannibal3:38
7."It's Gonna Get You"Karshøj, Hannibal, RosenbaumHannibal, Harrell [a] 3:26
8."Better Off" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)Karshøj, Hannibal, Kendrick Duckworth Hannibal, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali4:24
9."Sea Salt"Karshøj, Hannibal, RosenbaumHannibal3:08
10."Avalanche"Karshøj, HannibalHannibal3:45
iTunes Store additional track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Something That You Like"Karshøj, Hannibal, Om'Mas Keith4:08
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic. [15]

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
CountryDateFormat(s)Label
Germany31 May 2013 [19] Digital download Vested in Culture, Epic Records
Denmark [20] 3 June 2013 CD, digital download
United States [21] June 4, 2013CD, digital download
Germany [22] 14 June 2013CD

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