Bugbears (album)

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Bugbears
Bugbears cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Darren Hayman featuring The Short Parliament
Released16 July 2013 (2013-07-16)
Genre
Length37:33
Label Fika
Darren Hayman chronology
The Violence
(2012)
Bugbears
(2013)
Chants for Socialists
(2015)

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).

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

Bugbears track listing
No.TitleLength
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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References

  1. 1 2 "Bugbears by Darren Hayman and The Short Parliament Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. Mainzer, Jordan (15 July 2013). "Darren Hayman & The Short Parliament – Bugbears". MusicOMH . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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