I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life

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I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life cover.jpg
Studio album by
Tune-Yards
ReleasedJanuary 19, 2018
Genre
Length42:12
Label 4AD
Producer
  • Nate Brenner
  • Merrill Garbus
Tune-Yards chronology
Nikki Nack
(2014)		I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
(2018)		 Sketchy
(2021)
Singles from I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
  1. "Look at Your Hands"
    Released: October 27, 2017
  2. "Heart Attack"
    Released: January 11, 2018

I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life is the fourth full-length release by Merrill Garbus' project Tune-Yards. It was released on 4AD Records on January 19, 2018. [1] Nate Brenner is also listed as a collaborator. [2] The album was mixed by Mikaelin BlueSpruce. [3] The majority of the album was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in Oakland and mastered in Harlem, New York, by Dave Kutch. [4]

Contents

Musical style

I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life has more electronic influences than Garbus's previous work. [5] It is inspired by Haitian and Kenyan music, [6] as well her life as a DJ in California. [3] [7] The album's themes include feminism, race intolerance, and freedom. [8] Identity politics are the main focus of the album; Garbus said the work was inspired by a desire to "resonate with what's going on in the world." [8] [9] [10]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [11]
Metacritic 78/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The A.V. Club B+ [14]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [15]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [17]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [19]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [21]
Vice A− [22]

Upon release, the album was met positively. It holds a current score of 78/100 on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [12]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner.

No.TitleLength
1."Heart Attack"3:43
2."Coast to Coast"3:55
3."ABC 123"3:34
4."Now As Then"3:52
5."Honesty"3:38
6."Colonizer"3:54
7."Look at Your Hands"3:46
8."Home"4:18
9."Hammer"3:15
10."Who Are You"3:17
11."Private Life"3:20
12."Free"3:41
Total length:42:12

Personnel

Tune-Yards

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [23] 67
Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] 98
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [25] 10
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [26] 11
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [27] 62
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) [28] 5
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [29] 10

References

  1. ↑ "Tune-Yards' 'Private Life' Is A Public Self-Examination". NPR.org. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ "tUnE-yArDs announce new album, I can feel you creep into my private life, share "Look at Your Hands": Stream". Consequence of Sound. October 24, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Kot, Greg. "Tune-Yards digs deeper but keeps dance beats flowing". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tune-Yards 'I can feel you creep into my private life'". app.vinylmeplease.com. Retrieved January 22, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (January 18, 2018). "Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life review – wonky diva wakes up to wokeness". the Guardian. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus tells us about her musical hero Johnny Clegg". Red Bull. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tune-Yards' 'Private Life' Is A Public Self-Examination". NPR.org. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus uses their new album to critique her "white woman's voice"". Vox. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Stream Tune-Yards' New Album I can feel you creep into my private life". Spin. January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus On How Kendrick Lamar and A Workshop on Whiteness Inspired New Album". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ "I Can feel You Creep Into My Private Life by tUnE-YaRdS reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  12. 1 2 "I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life by tUnE-yArDs Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  13. ↑ Phares, Heather. "i can feel you creep into my private life – tUnE-yArDs". AllMusic . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  14. ↑ Waite, Kelsey J. (January 19, 2018). "Tune-Yards, i can feel you creep into my private life". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  15. ↑ Kot, Greg (January 19, 2018). "Review: Tune-Yards digs deeper but keeps dance beats flowing". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  16. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (January 18, 2018). "Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life review – wonky diva wakes up to wokeness". The Guardian . Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  17. ↑ Leivers, Dannii (January 18, 2018). "Tune-Yards – 'I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life' review". NME . Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  18. ↑ Mackay, Emily (January 21, 2018). "Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life – review". The Observer . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  19. ↑ Snapes, Laura (January 23, 2018). "Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  20. ↑ Oldham, James (February 2018). "Tune-Yards: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life". Q (381): 116.
  21. ↑ Hermes, Will (January 19, 2018). "Review: Tune-Yards Get Intersectional, With Mighty Grooves, on Fourth LP". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  22. ↑ Christgau, Robert (July 7, 2018). "Robert Christgau on Merrill Garbus's Creative Compulsions". Vice . Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Tune-Yards – I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  24. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  26. ↑ "tUnE-YaRdS Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  27. ↑ "tUnE-YaRdS Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  28. ↑ "tUnE-YaRdS Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  29. ↑ "tUnE-YaRdS Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
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