Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (album)

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
ReleasedJuly 23, 2013
Length56:57
Label
Producer Alex Ebert
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros chronology
Here
(2012)		Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
(2013)		 PersonA
(2016)
Singles from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
  1. "Better Days"
    Released: 20 May 2013
  2. "Life Is Hard"
    Released: 16 September 2013

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is the third album by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. It was released on July 23, 2013 in North America and was released on July 29, 2013 around the world through Vagrant Records, Rough Trade Records and Communion Records. Frontman Alex Ebert stated that "These songs mean everything to me - It's the rawest, most liberated, most rambunctious stuff we've done." [1]

Contents

On May 22, 2013, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros posted "Better Days", the first single from the upcoming album on their Soundcloud and Tumblr pages. [2]

On July 15, 2013, the band made the whole album available for streaming online through NPR. [3]

The band uploaded a music video for their second single, "Life Is Hard", on their YouTube channel on September 19, 2013. The music video, filmed in The Box Theatre in New York, was performed in front of a live audience on August 25, 2013. [4] [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Better Days" Alex Ebert, Nico Aglietti4:25
2."Let's Get High"Ebert6:30
3."Two"Ebert, Seth Ford-Young, Mark Noseworthy3:27
4."Please!"Ebert, Castrinos, Aglietti3:32
5."Country Calling"Ebert3:30
6."Life Is Hard"Jade Castrinos, Ebert3:30
7."If I Were Free"Ebert, Josh Collazo, Ford-Young, Noseworthy5:37
8."In the Lion"Ebert4:33
9."They Were Wrong"Ebert3:42
10."In the Summer"Ebert3:35
11."Remember to Remember"Castrinos, Stewart Cole, Ebert4:22
12."This Life"Ebert, Aglietti5:59
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Give Me a Sign"5:03
14."When You're Young"4:15
15."Milton"3:18

Personnel

With:

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros holds an average score of 61, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [6]

The album debuted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 on the Folk Albums chart, [9] selling around 18,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 60,000 copies as of March 2016. [10]

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 24
Canadian Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 97
Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 74
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 51
US Billboard 200 [16] 14
US Americana/Folk Albums [17] 1
US Independent Albums [18] 2
US Rock Albums [19] 3
US Tastemaker Albums [20] 3

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References

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  18. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros > Independent Albums". Billboard.
  19. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros > Rock Albums". Billboard.
  20. ↑ "Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros > Tastemaker Album". Billboard.
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