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| Released | May 1, 2020 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock [1] | |||
| Length | 50:55 | |||
| Label | Pure Noise | |||
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Glue (stylized as GLUE) is the third full-length studio album by British rock band Boston Manor. Released on May 1, 2020 on Pure Noise Records.
On February 5, 2020, Boston Manor announced their third studio album, Glue, to be released on May 1. [2] Two days later on February 7, they released the album's lead single, "Everything Is Ordinary". [3]
Glue debuted at number 97 on the UK Albums Chart. [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10 [5] |
| Metacritic | 90/100 [6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 9/10 [7] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10 [1] |
| Gigwise | 8/10 [8] |
| Kerrang! | 5/5 [9] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8.5/10 [10] |
Glue was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 90, based on 5 reviews. [6] AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.7 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [5] At Album of the Year the album received an average score of 83 out of 100. [11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Everything Is Ordinary" | 3:30 |
| 2. | "1's & 0's" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Plasticine Dreams" | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Terrible Love" | 4:05 |
| 5. | "On a High Ledge" | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Only1" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "You, Me & the Class War" | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Playing God" | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Brand New Kids" | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Ratking" | 3:25 |
| 11. | "Stuck in the Mud" | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Liquid" (featuring John Floreani) | 3:49 |
| 13. | "Monolith" | 5:23 |
| Total length: | 50:55 | |
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