I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep

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I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
I Grow Tired Ghostpoet.jpg
Studio album by
Ghostpoet
Released1 May 2020 (2020-05-01)
Length45:38
Label PIAS
Ghostpoet chronology
Dark Days + Canapés
(2017)		I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 79/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Gigwise 9/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [8]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [9]
Louder Than War 8/10 [10]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep is the fifth studio album by British musician Ghostpoet. It was released 1 May 2020 under PIAS Recordings. [13] [14]

Contents

Promotion

Singles

"Concrete Pony" was released as the first single from the album on 29 January 2020. [13] The second single "Nowhere To Hide Now" was released 7 April 2020. [15]

Critical reception

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep was met with generally favourable 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 79, based on 12 reviews. [2]

Track listing

I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Breaking Cover"6:31
2."Concrete Pony"4:06
3."Humana Second Hand"3:55
4."Black Dog Got Silver Eyes"4:02
5."Rats In A Sack"3:39
6."This Train Wreck Of A Life"4:06
7."Nowhere To Hide Now"4:35
8."When Mouths Collide"4:26
9."I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep"4:35
10."Social Lacerations"5:43

Charts

Chart performance for I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [17] 8

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  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Narzra (27 April 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Tipple, Ben. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Sheehan, Lucy (30 April 2020). "Gigwise Review". Gigwise . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Empire, Kitty (2 May 2020). "Ghostpoet: I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep review – dark but defiant". The Guardian . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Platt, John (4 May 2020). "Indirectly creating the definitive quarantine album, Ghostpoet is stronger than ever". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ↑ Reid, Sam (27 April 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  10. ↑ Clarke, Paul (5 May 2020). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Devlin, Ben (30 April 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  12. ↑ Balram, Dhruva (30 April 2020). "Ghostpoet – 'I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep' review: the world-weariness soon becomes catching". NME . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  13. 1 2 Moore, Sam (29 January 2020). "Listen to Ghostpoet's 'Concrete Pony' from new album 'I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep'". NME . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  14. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (29 January 2020). "Ghostpoet announces new record with lead cut "Concrete Pony"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  15. ↑ Moore, Sam (7 April 2020). "Listen to Ghostpoet's latest single 'Nowhere To Hide Now'". NME . Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  17. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
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