Dva (album)

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Dva
Emika - Dva.png
Studio album by
Emika
Released10 June 2013 (2013-06-10)
Recorded
  • Česká Televize
  • Deafkid Studios
  • EMusik
  • Ljova Studio
  • Wilding Sounds Studio
Genre Electronic
Length60:30
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Emika
Emika chronology
Emika
(2011)		Dva
(2013)		 Klavírní
(2015)
Singles from Dva
  1. "Searching"
    Released: 12 April 2013 [1]
  2. "Centuries"
    Released: 28 June 2013 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 7/10 [5]
Metro Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
No Ripcord6/10 [8]
Pitchfork Media 5.9/10 [9]
PopMatters 6/10 [10]
The Quietus mixed [11]
Resident Advisor 3/5 [12]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Dva (stylised form: DVA) is the second studio album by English musician Emika. It was released on 10 June 2013 by Ninja Tune Records. [14] The album's title derives from the Czech word for "two". [5] [15]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Emika, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Hush Interlude" (featuring Michaela Šrůmová)1:50
2."Young Minds"3:30
3."She Beats"3:57
4."Filters"4:01
5."After the Fall"4:47
6."Sing to Me"4:12
7."Dem Worlds"4:07
8."Primary Colours"4:07
9."Sleep with My Enemies"4:47
10."Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak)3:55
11."Fight for Your Love"3:49
12."Mouth to Mouth"6:27
13."Searching"4:08
14."Centuries"3:29
15."Criminal Gift"3:24
iTunes Store bonus track [16]
No.TitleLength
16."Murmer"2:12

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Dva. [17]

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  2. ↑ "Centuries – Single by Emika". iTunes Store UK. Apple. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "DVA – Emika". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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  5. 1 2 Ranta, Alan (10 June 2013). "Emika – Dva". Exclaim! . Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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  10. ↑ Kennedy, Al (18 July 2013). "Emika: DVA". PopMatters . Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  11. ↑ Foster, Matthew (20 June 2013). "Emika: DVA". The Quietus . Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  12. ↑ Ryce, Andrew (10 June 2013). "Emika – Dva". Resident Advisor . Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  13. ↑ Gieben, Bram E. (31 May 2013). "Emika – Dva". The Skinny . Radge Media. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Dva / Emika / Releases". Ninja Tune . Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  15. ↑ DJ Pangburn (17 June 2013). "Emika On Producing Dva, Fighting Oppression, and Being Inspired by Czech Surrealism". MTV Iggy. Viacom International . Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "DVA (Bonus Track Version) by Emika". iTunes Store UK. Apple. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  17. ↑ Dva (CD liner notes). Emika. Ninja Tune. 2013. ZENCD199.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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