Clearview (album)

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Clearview
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Studio album by
Released30 September 2016
Genre Indie rock
Length40:15
Label Insomniac
Producer Stefan Boman
Poets of the Fall chronology
Jealous Gods
(2014)
Clearview
(2016)
Ultraviolet
(2018)
Singles from Clearview
  1. "Drama for Life"
    Released: 5 Aug 2016
  2. "Children of the Sun"
    Released: 22 March 2017
  3. "Moonlight Kissed"
    Released: 22 September 2017

Clearview is the seventh studio album by Finnish alternative rock band Poets of the Fall, released on 30 September 2016 through Insomniac. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Poets of the Fall.

No.TitleLength
1."Drama for Life"3:26
2."The Game"4:45
3."The Child in Me"3:51
4."Once Upon a Playground Rainy"3:36
5."Children of the Sun"4:53
6."Shadow Play"4:05
7."Center Stage"4:05
8."The Labyrinth"3:46
9."Crystalline"3:44
10."Moonlight Kissed"4:05

iTunes Store bonus track [3]

No.TitleLength
11."Drama for Life" (Radio Edit)3:20

Reception

A review on Sputnik Music says: "Clearview is a solid release from Poets of the Fall that is only let down by playing things a bit too safe on the instrumental side." [4]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 2

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References

  1. Poets of the Fall – Discography Archived 2014-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Gruver, Tim. "Album review: 'Clearview,' Poets of the Fall". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  3. "Clearview by Poets of the Fall". iTunes . 30 September 2016.
  4. "Poets of the Fall - Clearview (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic".
  5. "Poets of the Fall: Clearview" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 9 October 2016.