Just to Feel Anything

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Just to Feel Anything
Studio album by
Emeralds
ReleasedNovember 6, 2012 (2012-11-06)
RecordedJune 2012
StudioTangerine Sound, Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Genre
Length42:11
Label Editions Mego
Emeralds chronology
Does It Look Like I'm Here?
(2010)		Just to Feel Anything
(2012)

Just to Feel Anything is a studio album by American instrumental band Emeralds. It was released on Editions Mego in 2012.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 71/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Beats Per Minute 72% [3]
Consequence of Sound B [4]
Exclaim! 7/10 [5]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [7]
PopMatters 6/10 [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, writing: "The amped-up chiptunes and film score moments are interesting enough, but the band sound their best when expanding on the lush tones and tension-laden improvisations they've been working on since the beginning." [2] Mike Diver of BBC called the album "another essential Emeralds acquisition." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Before Your Eyes"4:05
2."Adrenochrome"6:10
3."Through & Through"4:39
4."Everything Is Inverted"6:34
5."The Loser Keeps America Clean"3:39
6."Just to Feel Anything"8:53
7."Search for Me in the Wasteland"8:11
Total length:42:11

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Emeralds

Technical personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Just To Feel Anything by Emeralds". Metacritic . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Fred. "Emeralds - Just To Feel Anything". AllMusic . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ Becker, Josh (November 13, 2012). "Album Review: Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ Roffman, Michael (November 5, 2012). "Album Review: Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  5. ↑ Storring, Nick (November 6, 2012). "Emeralds Just To Feel Anything". Exclaim! . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Walsh, Michael C. (November 7, 2012). "Emeralds | Just To Feel Anything". The Phoenix . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ Masters, Marc (November 5, 2012). "Emeralds: Just to Feel Anything". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  8. ↑ Fenwick, Tom (November 25, 2012). "Emeralds: Just to Feel Anything". PopMatters . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ Sherburne, Philip (November 9, 2012). "Emeralds, 'Just To Feel Anything' (Editions Mego)". Spin . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ Parker, James. "Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  11. ↑ Diver, Mike (2012). "Emeralds - Just to Feel Anything". BBC . Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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