Dead Magic | ||||
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Released | 2 March 2018 | |||
Length | 47:19 | |||
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Producer | Randall Dunn | |||
Anna von Hausswolff chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 81/100 [2] |
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Drowned in Sound | 5/10 [4] |
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Loud and Quiet | 9/10 [6] |
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PopMatters | 9/10 [9] |
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Uncut | 8/10 [11] |
Under the Radar | 8/10 [12] |
Dead Magic is the fourth studio album by Swedish musician Anna von Hausswolff. It was released on 2 March 2018 on City Slang and received critical acclaim.
The album was written by Hausswolff during the summer of 2016, in her hometown of Gothenburg and then the majority of it was recorded the following year at Frederik's Church located in Copenhagen, Denmark.[ citation needed ]
Upon release, Dead Magic received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim". [13]
All tracks are written by Anna von Hausswolff
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Truth, the Glow, the Fall" | 12:08 |
2. | "The Mysterious Vanishing of Electra" | 6:09 |
3. | "Ugly and Vengeful" | 16:17 |
4. | "The Marble Eye" | 5:19 |
5. | "Källans återuppståndelse" | 7:26 |
Total length: | 47:19 |
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] | 53 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 106 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] | 52 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] | 73 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] | 7 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 53 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] | 14 |
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