Continuous Portrait

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Continuous Portrait
Continuous Portrait.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
Length37:25
Label Temporary Residence Records
Inventions chronology
Maze of Woods
(2015)
Continuous Portrait
(2020)
Singles from Continuous Portrait
  1. "Outlook for the Fortune"
    Released: March 30, 2020 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Beats Per Minute 80% [4]
Paste 8.5/10 [5]

Continuous Portrait is the third studio album by American musical ensemble Inventions. It was released on May 29, 2020 under Temporary Residence Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Continuous Portrait 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 80, based on 5 reviews. [2]

Track listing

Continuous Portrait track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hints and Omens"5:37
2."Calico"3:57
3."Continuous Portrait"2:54
4."Outlook for the Future"3:30
5."Close to People"3:15
6."Spirit Refinement Exploder"5:14
7."The Warmer the Welcome"3:57
8."A Time in My Life"4:11
9."Saw You in a Movie"4:06

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References

  1. 1 2 Bloom, Madison (March 30, 2020). "Inventions Announce New Album, Share New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. Dedman, Todd (June 3, 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. Schonfeld, Zach (June 3, 2020). "Inventions' Continuous Portrait Is One of the Best Experimental Albums of 2020 So Far". Paste . Retrieved July 2, 2020.