Dungeness (album)

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Dungeness
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Studio album by
Released30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)
Length47:26
Label Tin Angel
Trembling Bells chronology
Wide Majestic Aire
(2016)
Dungeness
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian (4/5) [2]
The Line of Best Fit (9/10) [3]
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Dungeness is the sixth studio album by Scottish band Trembling Bells. It was released in March 2018 under Tin Angel Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Dungeness 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 78, based on 8 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Big Nothing"1:05
2."Knockin' on the Coffin"5:07
3."My Father Was a Collapsing Star"5:12
4."Death Knocked at My Door"6:02
5."Christ's Entry Into Govan"5:50
6."The Prophet"5:08
7."Devil in Dungeness"5:03
8."This Is How the World Will End"5:21
9."I'm Coming"4:02
10."Rebecca, Dressed as a Waterfall"4:36

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  2. Rogers, Jude (9 March 2018). "Folk album of the month – Trembling Bells: Dungeness". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. Honeybourne, Ray (27 March 2018). "Trembling Bells channel the malevolence and beauty of Dungeness for a fine new LP". Thelineofbestfit.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Inglis, Tony (29 March 2018). "The Skinny Magazine". The Skinny . Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 14 September 2020.