GoGo Penguin (album)

GoGo Penguin
Studio album by GoGo Penguin
Released	5 June 2020 (2020-06-05)
Recorded	16–27 September 2019 (2019-09-16 – 2019-09-27) [1]
Length	43:45
Label	Blue Note
GoGo Penguin chronology
A Humdrum Star (2018) GoGo Penguin (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Loud and Quiet	8/10 [3]
MusicOMH	[4]

GoGo Penguin is the eponymous fifth studio album by English band GoGo Penguin. It was released on 5 June 2020 under Blue Note Records. ^[5]

Critical reception

GoGo Penguin was met with "universal acclaim" 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 81, based on 5 reviews. ^[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Chris Illingworth, Nick Blacka and Rob Turner.

Gogo Penguin track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"1_#"	2:02
2.	"Atomised"	4:23
3.	"Signal in the Noise"	6:03
4.	"Open"	4:47
5.	"F Maj Pixie"	5:48
6.	"Kora"	5:34
7.	"Totem"	3:54
8.	"Embers"	3:00
9.	"To the Nth"	4:34
10.	"Don't Go"	3:40
Total length:		43:45

Japanese edition bonus track ^[6]

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Petit_A"	4:24
Total length:		48:14

Personnel

• Chris Illingworth — artwork, piano
• Nick Blacka — bass
• Rob Turner - drums
• Norman NItzsche — mastering
• Joseph Reiser — engineer, mixer, producer
• Brendan Williams — engineer, mixer, producer

Charts

Chart performance for GoGo Penguin

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7]	83
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8]	200
French Albums (SNEP) [9]	114
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10]	29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11]	26
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [12]	6
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [13]	19

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
3. Younis, Reef (1 June 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
4. White, Chris (8 June 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
5. "GoGo Penguin Announce New Self-titled Album". Blue Note Records . Retrieved 4 July 2020.
6. "Gogo Penguin [SHM-CD][Japan bonus track] CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
7. "Ultratop.be – GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
8. "Ultratop.be – GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
9. "Lescharts.com – GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
11. "Swisscharts.com – GoGo Penguin – GoGo Penguin". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
12. "GoGo Penguin Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
13. "GoGo Penguin Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2020.