Black Moon Spell

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Black Moon Spell
Black Moon Spell - King Tuff cover.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014 (2014-09-23)
StudioStudio B, Los Angeles, California
Length40:55
Label Sub Pop
Producer Bobby Harlow
King Tuff chronology
King Tuff
(2012)
Black Moon Spell
(2014)
The Other
(2018)
Singles from Black Moon Spell
  1. "Headbanger"
    Released: September 12, 2014 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7/10 [2]
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B− [5]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Black Moon Spell is the third studio album by American musician King Tuff. It was released on September 23, 2014 under Sub Pop. [9]

Contents

Critical reception

Black Moon Spell was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 15 reviews. [3]

Accolades

Accolades for Black Moon Spell
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Paste Top 50 Albums of 20144 [10]

Track listing

Black Moon Spell track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Black Moon Spell"4:53
2."Sick Mind"2:09
3."Rainbow’s Run"3:25
4."Headbanger"3:28
5."Beautiful Thing"2:38
6."I Love You Ugly"1:01
7."Magic Mirror"2:57
8."Madness"2:54
9."Demon From Hell"1:29
10."Black Holes in Stereo"1:53
11."Radiation"1:17
12."Eyes of the Muse"4:14
13."Staircase of Diamonds"4:47
14."Eddie’s Song"3:50

Charts

Chart performance for Black Moon Spell
Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 1

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