| Geography | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 April 2018 | |||
| Length | 52:25 | |||
| Label | Beyond the Groove | |||
| Producer | Tom Misch | |||
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| Singles from Geography | ||||
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Geography is the debut studio album by English musician Tom Misch. It was self-released on 6 April 2018 through Misch's own label Beyond the Groove.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 4/10 [3] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10 [4] |
| Mixmag | 7/10 [5] |
| Mojo |   [6] |
| musicOMH |  [7] |
| NME | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10 [9] |
| PopMatters |   [10] |
| The Skinny | [11] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [12] |
Geography has received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 11 reviews. [2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Before Paris" |
| 2:29 |
| 2. | "Lost in Paris" (featuring GoldLink) |
| 3:14 |
| 3. | "South of the River" |
| 4:29 |
| 4. | "Movie" |
| 5:57 |
| 5. | "Tick Tock" |
| 4:13 |
| 6. | "It Runs Through Me" (featuring De La Soul) |
| 4:21 |
| 7. | "Isn't She Lovely" | Stevie Wonder | 1:26 |
| 8. | "Disco Yes" (featuring Poppy Ajudha) |
| 4:40 |
| 9. | "Man Like You" |
| 4:41 |
| 10. | "Water Baby" (featuring Loyle Carner) |
| 4:31 |
| 11. | "You're on My Mind" |
| 4:18 |
| 12. | "Cos I Love You" |
| 4:13 |
| 13. | "We've Come So Far" | Misch | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 52:25 | ||
Notes
South of the River includes a sample from Lady by D'Angelo
Credits adapted from liner notes. [14]
Musicians
| Technical personnel
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 94 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 190 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] | 29 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 163 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] | 89 |
| Irish Albums (OCC) [20] | 30 |
| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [21] | 5 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] | 29 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 75 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [24] | 8 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [25] | 17 |
| US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [26] | 2 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [27] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI) [28] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
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