Dawn Chorus (album)

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Dawn Chorus
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 18, 2019 (2019-10-18)
Genre
Label
Producer Philippe Aubin-Dionne
Jacques Greene chronology
Feel Infinite
(2017)
Dawn Chorus
(2019)
Singles from Dawn Chorus
  1. "Night Service"
    Released: June 27, 2019
  2. "Do It Without You"
    Released: September 19, 2019
  3. "For Love"
    Released: October 2, 2019
  4. "Let Go"
    Released: October 16, 2019

Dawn Chorus is the second studio album by Canadian electronic musician Jacques Greene. It was released on October 18, 2019 by LuckyMe. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [1]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]

Dawn Chorus was met with "universal acclaim" 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 82, based on 6 reviews. [3]

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Apple Music and Tidal. [2] [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Serenity" Philippe Aubin-Dionne 3:53
2."Drop Location"
2:49
3."Do It Without You"Aubin-Dionne3:32
4."Night Service"
4:29
5."Sel"
3:16
6."Let Go"
4:17
7."For Love"5:40
8."Sibling"Aubin-Dionne4:24
9."Whenever"Aubin-Dionne3:19
10."Understand"Aubin-Dionne2:50
11."Distance"
  • Aubin-Dionne
  • Oliver Coates
  • Daniel Domingo de Lara
2:44
12."Stars"
  • Aubin-Dionne
  • Sandrine Somé
  • Pemberton
6:49

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  7. @asiandan (18 October 2019). "Honored to have played guitar on Drop Location, Sel & Distance. Thanks for letting me go full post-rock / shoegaze on these tracks!" (Tweet) via Twitter.