I Love the New Sky

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I Love the New Sky
I Love the New Sky.jpg
Studio album by
Tim Burgess
Released22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
Length52:58
Label Bella Union
Tim Burgess chronology
As I Was Now
(2018)		I Love the New Sky
(2020)		 Typical Music
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Line of Best Fit 8.5/10 [7]
Louder Than War 9/10 [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

I Love the New Sky is the fifth studio album by English musician Tim Burgess. It was released on 22 May 2020 under Bella Union. [12]

Contents

Commercial performance

The album ranked at No.31 on the UK Albums Chart [13]

Critical reception

I Love the New Sky 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 11 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 78 out of 100 based on 13 reviews. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Burgess

I Love the New Sky track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Empathy For The Devil"4:20
2."Sweetheart Mercury"3:54
3."Comme D'Habitude"4:21
4."Sweet Old Sorry Me"3:45
5."The Warhol Me"5:35
6."Lucky Creatures"4:25
7."The Mall"4:39
8."Timothy"4:13
9."Only Took A Year"4:06
10."I Got This"4:13
11."Undertow"4:31
12."Laurie"4:56
Total length:52:57

Charts

Chart performance for I Love the New Sky
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [13]
31
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 3

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Murray, Robin (26 May 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Harris, Nick. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Sylvester, Daniel (21 May 2020). "Madchester Great Tim Burgess Channels the Past While Pushing Forward on 'I Love the New Sky'". Exclaim! . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ↑ O'Connor, Roison (21 May 2020). "Tim Burgess, I Love the New Sky and Katie Von Schleicher, Consummation". The Independent . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ↑ King, Ian (19 May 2020). "The permeating feeling on Tim Burgess' fifth solo outing is one of community and optimism". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Grantham, Julia (21 May 2020). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Steven (20 May 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Beaumont, Mark (22 May 2020). "Tim Burgess – 'I Love The New Sky' review: cult-pop that should break the 'trending' bar in its own right". NME . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ↑ Mackay, Emily (24 May 2020). "Tim Burgess: I Love the New Sky review – unabashedly uplifting". The Observer . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. ↑ Eede, Christian (12 February 2020). "Tim Burgess Announces New Album, 'I Love The New Sky'". The Quietus . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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