Foam Island

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Foam Island
Foam Island.album.jpg
Studio album by
Darkstar
Released25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)
Length39:47
Label Warp
Darkstar chronology
News from Nowhere
(2013)		Foam Island
(2015)		 Civic Jams
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Crack Magazine 7/10 [3]
Exclaim! 6/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 5/10 [5]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [8]

Foam Island is the third studio album by British electronic music duo Darkstar. It was released on 25 September 2015 under Warp. [9]

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Critical reception

Foam Island 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 71, based on 8 reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for Foam Island
PublicationAccoladeRank
Clash Clash's 50 Best Albums of 2015 [10]
6
Dummy Mag Dummy's 30 Best Albums of 2015 [11]
16

Track listing

Foam Island track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Basic Things"2:02
2."Inherent In This Fibre"3:58
3."Stoke the Fire"4:04
4."Cuts"1:32
5."Go Natural"4:42
6."A Different Kind of Struggle"1:51
7."Pin Secure"4:55
8."Through the Motions"4:31
9."Tilly's Theme"2:33
10."Foam Island"3:32
11."Javan's Call"2:12
12."Days Burn Blue"3:45

Charts

Chart performance for Foam Island
Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 198

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  2. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Croner, Adam. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Hampson, Ashley (30 September 2015). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Cowart, Geoff (23 September 2015). "Darkstar bite off more than they can chew". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  6. ↑ White, Chris (18 December 2015). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Short, Tom (15 September 2015). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Hamilton, Billy (23 November 2015). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (21 September 2015). "Darkstar's New Album Gives Voice To Northern England's Neglected Youth". The Fader . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Murray, Robin (17 December 2015). "Clash Albums of the Year". Clash . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Murray, Sean (9 December 2015). "The 30 Best Albums of 2015". Dummy Mag . Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Darkstar – Foam Island" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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