LP5 (John Moreland album)

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LP5
File:LP5 (John Moreland album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)
Length40:56
Label Old Omens
Producer Matt Pence [1]
John Moreland chronology
Big Bad Luv
(2017)
LP5
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [5]
Under the Radar 8/10 [6]

LP5 is the fifth studio album by American musician John Moreland. It was released on February 7, 2020 under Old Omens. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

LP5 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 77, based on 9 reviews. [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Moreland.

LP5 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Harder Dreams"4:22
2."A Thought Is Just a Passing Train"5:24
3."East October"3:45
4."I'm Learning How to Tell Myself the Truth"3:18
5."Two Stars"1:21
6."Terrestrial"4:19
7."In Times Between"3:18
8."When My Fever Breaks"3:41
9."I Always Let You Burn Me to the Ground"4:35
10."For Ichiro"1:42
11."Let Me Be Understood"5:11

Charts

Chart performance for LP5
Chart (2020)Peak
position
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [8] 3
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [9] 42
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 7
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 15
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [12] 34
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [13] 22

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