Fragments (Bonobo album)

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Fragments
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Studio album by
Released14 January 2022
Genre
Length51:16
Label Ninja Tune
Producer Simon Green
Bonobo chronology
Migration
(2017)
Fragments
(2022)
Singles from Fragments
  1. "Rosewood"
    Released: 6 October 2021
  2. "Tides"
    Released: 20 October 2021
  3. "Otomo"
    Released: 10 November 2021
  4. "Shadows"
    Released: 1 December 2021
  5. "From You"
    Released: 3 January 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Clash 8/10 [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [5]
Mojo 8/10 [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 5.4/10 [10]
Uncut 7/10 [11]

Fragments is the seventh studio album by British musician Bonobo. It was released on 14 January 2022 under Ninja Tune [7] and was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album for the 65th Grammy Awards. [12]

Contents

Track listing

Fragments track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Polyghost" (featuring Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)
1:48
2."Shadows" (featuring Jordan Rakei)
  • Green
  • Jordan Rakei
4:45
3."Rosewood"Green4:02
4."Otomo" (featuring O'Flynn)
  • Green
  • Ben Norris
6:11
5."Tides" (featuring Jamila Woods)
  • Green
  • Atwell-Ferguson
  • Jamila Woods
3:46
6."Elysian"
  • Green
  • Thomas Lea
3:02
7."Closer"Green5:11
8."Age of Phase"Green5:42
9."From You" (featuring Joji)3:30
10."Counterpart"Green5:32
11."Sapien"Green4:03
12."Day by Day" (featuring Kadhja Bonet)
  • Green
  • Atwood-Ferguson
  • Kadhja Bonet
3:44
Total length:51:16
Japanese edition (bonus track) [13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Landforms"Green3:37
Total length:55:07

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Fragments
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 6
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 9
French Albums (SNEP) [19] 59
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [20] 3
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 8
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 5
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [25] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [26] 2

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