| Bugbears | ||||
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| Studio album by Darren Hayman featuring The Short Parliament | ||||
| Released | 16 July 2013 | |||
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| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | Fika Recordings | |||
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Bugbears is the tenth studio album by English musician Darren Hayman featuring backing band the Short Parliament. It was released on 16 July 2013 by Fika Recordings. It is seen as a companion piece to Hayman's previous album The Violence (2012).
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| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| MusicOMH |   [2] |
| NME |  [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [5] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 74 based on 6 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Marin Said" | 2:12 |
| 2. | "Bugbears" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Sir Thomas Fairfax" | 2:15 |
| 4. | "Seven Months Married" | 2:50 |
| 5. | "Hey Then Up We Go" | 2:21 |
| 6. | "The Owl" | 2:18 |
| 7. | "The Contented" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Impossibilities" | 4:56 |
| 9. | "Babylon Has Fallen" | 2:46 |
| 10. | "I Live Not Where I Love" | 3:57 |
| 11. | "Bold Astrologer" | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Old England Grown New" | 2:34 |
| 13. | "When The King Enjoys His Own Again" | 1:28 |
| Total length: | 37:33 | |
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