Beams (Matthew Dear album)

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Beams
Matthew Dear - Beams.png
Studio album by
Matthew Dear
ReleasedAugust 27, 2012 (2012-08-27)
Genre Electronic
Length49:15
Label Ghostly International
Producer Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear chronology
Black City
(2010)		Beams
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound B [5]
Paste 7.8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [7]
PopMatters 9/10 [8]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svgTMT empty.svg [10]

Beams is the fifth studio album by Matthew Dear. [11] It was released via Ghostly International in 2012. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Beams received an average score of 78% based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

AllMusic named it one of their "Favorite Electronic Albums of 2012". [13] Clash placed it at number 28 on its list of the "Top 40 Albums of 2012". [14] MusicOMH named it the 3rd best album of 2012. [15]

Track listing

Beams track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Her Fantasy"6:16
2."Earthforms"3:35
3."Headcage"3:48
4."Fighting Is Futile"5:01
5."Up & Out"4:17
6."Overtime"3:13
7."Get the Rhyme Right"3:49
8."Ahead of Myself"3:51
9."Do the Right Thing"4:43
10."Shake Me"4:33
11."Temptation"6:09
Expanded edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."She's Just That Way"3:15
13."Crimewaves"3:42
14."In the Middle (I Met You There)" (featuring Jonny Pierce)3:50
15."Street Song"3:37
16."Around a Fountain"4:16
17."Flunker"3:37
18."Earthforms" (Tobacco Remix)3:19
19."Earthforms" (Jesse Lanza Remix)6:32
20."Earthforms" (Michna Remix)3:22
21."Her Fantasy" (Poolside Remix)6:04
22."Her Fantasy" (Tornado Wallace Remix)7:19
23."Fighting Is Futile" (Seth Troxler Remix)8:00
24."Fighting Is Futile" (Kink Remix)6:12
25."Fighting Is Futile" (Benoit & Sergio Remix)8:21
26."Fighting Is Futile" (Laid Back Remix)4:08
27."Fighting Is Futile" (Kink Extended Dub)6:08

Charts

Chart performance for Beams
Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [16] 14

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References

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  10. ↑ Sullivan, Ben (September 21, 2012). "Matthew Dear - Beams". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved April 24, 2017.
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  13. ↑ "AllMusic's Favorite Electronic Albums of 2012". AllMusic . December 27, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  14. ↑ "The Top 40 Albums Of 2012: 30 - 21". Clash . December 11, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  15. ↑ "musicOMH's Top 100 Albums Of 2012: The Top 5". MusicOMH . December 19, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Matthew Dear Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
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