I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone

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I Was Here For a Moment,
Then I Was Gone
I Was Here For a Moment, Then I Was Gone.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 June 2011 (2011-06-11)
Label Function
Maybeshewill chronology
Sing the Word Hope in Four-Part Harmony
(2009)
I Was Here For a Moment,
Then I Was Gone

(2011)
Fair Youth
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 7/10 [3]
Rock Sound 8/10 [4]
SputnikMusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone is the third studio album by English post-rock band Maybeshewill. It was released on 11 June 2011 by Function Records. [6]

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Critical reception

I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone was met with "generally favorable" 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 76 based on 4 reviews. [1]

In a review for NME , critic reviewer Abby Tayleure wrote: "Their first studio-recorded album, after working on the other two in a spare bedroom, took a grand total of 18 months to put together and is reminiscent of the likes of 65daysofstatic, Mogwai and Glassjaw. Epic guitars, crashing drums and intense keys – it’s a dramatic record that will shake your bones. [2] Tim Newbound of Rock Sound called the release the "most ball-bustingly intense and breathtakingly beautiful thing" the band has ever done. [4]

Track listing

I Was Here for a Moment, Then I Was Gone track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Opening"1:58
2."Take This to Heart"4:09
3."Red Paper Lanterns"4:17
4."Critical Distance"4:12
5."Accolades"4:24
6."An End to Camaraderie"4:09
7."Words for Arabella"4:06
8."Farewell, Sarajevo"5:14
9."Relative Minors"6:22
10."To the Skies from a Hillside"5:11
Japanese bonus tracks [7]
No.TitleLength
11."Спутник-2"3:05
12."I'm in Awe Amadeus" (Acoustic)3:48

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