Hold/Still

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Hold/Still
Hold-Still (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
Suuns
ReleasedApril 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)
RecordedMay, October 2015
Studio
Length46:40
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer John Congleton
Suuns chronology
Suuns and Jerusalem in My Heart
(2015)		Hold/Still
(2016)		 Felt
(2018)

Hold/Still is a studio album by the Canadian rock band Suuns, produced by John Congleton and released in 2016 by the record label Secretly Canadian. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10 [3]
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Clash 6/10 [6]
Consequence of Sound B [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [9]
Exclaim! 9/10 [10]
PopMatters 7/10 [11]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Spin 7/10 [13]
Uncut 8/10 [14]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
Rough Trade Albums of the Year2016
27 [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fall"3:06
2."Instrument"3:20
3."UN-NO"3:43
4."Resistance"5:11
5."Mortise and Tenon"3:33
6."Translate"4:57
7."Brainwash"5:02
8."Careful"7:03
9."Paralyzer"4:24
10."Nobody Can Save Me Now"4:09
11."Infinity"2:12
Total length:46:40

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 141
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 91
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 143

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References

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  2. ↑ Bell, Sadie (April 11, 2016). "Stream Suuns Hold/Still (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum . Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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  17. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Suuns – Hold / Still" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
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