Geography (Tom Misch album)

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Geography
Tom Misch - Geography.png
Studio album by
Tom Misch
Released6 April 2018
Length52:25
Label Beyond the Groove
Producer Tom Misch
Tom Misch chronology
Beat Tape 2
(2015)		Geography
(2018)		 What Kinda Music
(2020)
Singles from Geography
  1. "South of the River"
    Released: 5 July 2017
  2. "Movie"
    Released: 2 November 2017
  3. "Water Baby"
    Released: 23 January 2018
  4. "It Runs Through Me"
    Released: 1 March 2018
  5. "Lost in Paris"
    Released: 3 April 2018

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.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 4/10 [3]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [4]
Mixmag 7/10 [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

Geography track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Before Paris"
2:29
2."Lost in Paris" (featuring GoldLink)
3:14
3."South of the River"
  • Misch
  • Ed Thomas
  • Carmody Nathan
  • Tobie Tripp
4:29
4."Movie"
  • Misch
  • Carmody Nathan
5:57
5."Tick Tock"
  • Misch
  • Houghton
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)
  • Misch
  • Poppy Ajudha
4:40
9."Man Like You"
4:41
10."Water Baby" (featuring Loyle Carner)
4:31
11."You're on My Mind"
  • Misch
  • Carmody Nathan
4:18
12."Cos I Love You"
  • Misch
  • Carmody Nathan
  • Anthony Castellanos
4:13
13."We've Come So Far"Misch3:53
Total length:52:25

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [14]

Charts

Chart performance for Geography
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

Certifications

Certifications for Geography
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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  2. 1 2 "Geography by Tom Misch Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Neale, Matthew (12 April 2018). "Tom Misch - Geography". Clash. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. ↑ Akinfenwa, Jumi (30 March 2018). "Tom Misch's Geography maps out his musical growth". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tom Misch – Geography". Mixmag (April 2018 ed.). p. 91.
  6. ↑ "Tom Misch – Geography". Mojo (May 2018 ed.). p. 98.
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  8. ↑ Flood, Alex (9 April 2018). "Tom Misch – 'Geography' Review". NME. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  9. ↑ Bromwich, Jonah (11 April 2018). "Tom Misch: Geography Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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  11. ↑ Marland, Kenza (2 April 2018). "Tom Misch – Geography". The Skinny. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Tom Misch – Geography". Uncut (May 2018 ed.). p. 30.
  13. ↑ Swarbrick, David (21 April 2018). "Tom Misch Geography review: 'the soundtrack to May Week'". Varsity. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  14. ↑ Geography (Liner notes). Tom Misch. Beyond the Groove. 2018. BTG020CD.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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