Ekstasis (Julia Holter album)

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Ekstasis
Ekstasis.png
Studio album by
Julia Holter
ReleasedMarch 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
Genre
Length56:48
Label RVNG
Producer Julia Holter
Julia Holter chronology
Tragedy
(2011)		Ekstasis
(2012)		 Loud City Song
(2013)
Singles from Ekstasis
  1. "Marienbad"
    Released: January 10, 2012 [1]
  2. "In The Same Room"
    Released: February 2, 2012 [2]
  3. "Goddess Eyes"
    Released: December 10, 2012 [3]

Ekstasis is the second studio album by the American musician Julia Holter. It was released on March 8, 2012, by RVNG Intl. [4] It was preceded by two singles, "Marienbad" and "In The Same Room". A 12" EP, "Goddess Eyes" - which featured both versions of "Goddess Eyes" from the LP - followed in December 2012, after the album had been issued by Domino in the UK on October 26. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.9/10 [6]
Metacritic 83/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Fact 4/5 [8]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME 8/10 [13]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [15]
Resident Advisor 4.0/5 [16]
Uncut 8/10 [17]

Ekstasis received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83, based on 18 reviews. [7]

Year-end rankings

PublicationRank
Clash
36 [18]
Mojo
9 [19]
musicOMH
27 [20]
Pitchfork
26 [21]
PopMatters
46 [22]
Uncut
23 [23]
The Wire
8 [24]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Marienbad"5:24
2."Our Sorrows"6:16
3."In the Same Room"3:58
4."Boy in the Moon"8:19
5."Für Felix"4:10
6."Goddess Eyes II"6:23
7."Moni mon amie"3:31
8."Four Gardens"6:12
9."Goddess Eyes I"3:40
10."This Is Ekstasis"8:54
Total length:56:48

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [25] 49

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