| If I Never Know You Like This Again | ||||
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| Released | 20 May 2022 | |||
| Studio | Attica Studios, County Donegal, Ireland [1] | |||
| Length | 43:53 | |||
| Label | Rough Trade | |||
| Producer | Tommy McLaughlin [1] | |||
| Soak chronology | ||||
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If I Never Know You Like This Again is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Soak. It was released on 20 May 2022 on Rough Trade Records. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| DIY | [5] |
| Hot Press | 9/10 [6] |
| The Irish Times | [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8/10 [8] |
| Loud and Quiet | 7/10 [9] |
| Paste | 7.4/10 [10] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [11] |
| Record Collector | [12] |
| The Sunday Times | [13] |
If I Never Know You Like This Again received generally favourable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 5 reviews. [3]
Rolling Stone called the album "a personal, vivid and essential listen". [14]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Purgatory" | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Last July" | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Bleach" | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Get Well Soon" | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Red Eye" | 4:26 |
| 6. | "Guts" | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Baby, You're Full of Shit" | 4:26 |
| 8. | "Pretzel" | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Neptune" | 6:53 |
| 10. | "Swear Jar" | 4:36 |
| Total length: | 43:53 | |
| Chart (2022) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [15] | 73 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] | 25 |
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