Hope (Manchester Orchestra album)

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Hope
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2014 (2014-09-16)
RecordedJune 2014July 2014 [1]
Genre
Length41:08
Label
Producer Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra chronology
Cope
(2014)
Hope
(2014)
A Black Mile to the Surface
(2017)

Hope is an acoustic album from Atlanta-based indie rock band Manchester Orchestra. It was released on September 16, 2014 as a digital download through Loma Vista Recordings and the band's own independent label, Favorite Gentlemen. Hope serves as a companion piece to the band's fourth album Cope , with each track being an acoustic re-imagining of a song from Cope. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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34th Street B− [6]

Hope generally received a positive reception upon release. Many reviewers, such as Lucy Hovanisyan at 34th Street Magazine , [6] commented on Manchester Orchestra's "masterful" reworking of Cope into an acoustic work.

In a four-star review for AllMusic, Matt Collar mentioned that, "Hope works in perfect counterpoint to its darker, harsher predecessor. And certainly, while Hull has a knack for crafting blistering emo-epics, at the core of many of his songs there is a melodic lyricism and tender emotionality that lends itself to just the kind of delicate treatment achieved on Hope."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Top Notch"3:57
2."Choose You"4:07
3."Girl Harbor"3:55
4."The Mansion"3:22
5."The Ocean"4:22
6."Every Stone"4:40
7."All That I Really Wanted"3:37
8."Trees"3:11
9."Indentions"3:56
10."See It Again"2:56
11."Cope"3:05

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