Awake (Tycho album)

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Awake
Tycho - Awake.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Genre
Length36:44
Label Ghostly International
Producer Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Dive
(2011)
Awake
(2014)
Epoch
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound B− [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [1]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 6/10 [6]
Paste 7.3/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [8]
PopMatters 4/10 [9]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5 [10]

Awake is the third studio album by the American ambient music project Tycho, released on March 18, 2014 by Ghostly International. [11] It is the second album in a 'trilogy' by the project, beginning with Dive in 2011 and concluding with Epoch in 2016. To date it is his highest charting album in the United States peaking at 23. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Hansen.

No.TitleLength
1."Awake"4:43
2."Montana"5:26
3."L"4:37
4."Dye"5:17
5."See"5:18
6."Apogee"4:20
7."Spectre"3:46
8."Plains"3:17
Total length:36:44
Japanese edition bonus track [13]
No.TitleLength
9."Awake" (Ametsub Remix)4:33
Total length:41:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Awake. [14]

Charts

Awake Remixes

Awake Remixes
Tycho Awake Remixes.jpg
Remix album by
ReleasedJanuary 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
Genre
Label Ghostly International
Producer Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Awake
(2014)
Awake Remixes
(2016)

As of September 2016 the album has sold over 70,000 copies. [23]

In December 2015 the group announced the release of a remix album of Awake, which was released digitally on 15 January and physically in May, 2016 on Ghostly International. [24]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Awake" (Com Truise Remix)5:05
2."Montana" (Christopher Willits Remix)8:05
3."L" (Dusty Brown Remix)4:24
4."Dye" (Nitemoves Remix)5:32
5."See" (Beacon Remix)3:54
6."Apogee" (RJD2 Remix)4:40
7."Spectre" (Bibio Remix)4:18
8."Plains" (Baio Remix)4:36
9."Montana" (Few Nolder Remix)3:17

Charts

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