Invisible People (album)

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Invisible People
Invisible People Chicano Batman.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
Length39:29
Label ATO
Producer Leon Michels
Chicano Batman chronology
Freedom is Free
(2017)
Invisible People
(2020)

Invisible People is the fourth studio album by American band Chicano Batman. It was released on May 1, 2020, under ATO Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [4]
Under the Radar 7/10 [5]

Invisible People 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 68, based on 5 reviews. [2]

Track listing

Invisible People track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Color My Life"3:28
2."Blank Slate"3:00
3."I Know It"2:31
4."Invisible People"3:47
5."Manuel's Story"2:56
6."Moment of Joy"3:37
7."Pink Elephant"3:12
8."Polymetronomic Harmony"3:17
9."The Way"3:48
10."The Prophet"3:01
11."Bella"2:58
12."Wounds"3:54

Charts

Chart performance for Invisible People
Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 54
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7] 12

Personnel

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