Lookaftering

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Lookaftering
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Studio album by
Vashti Bunyan
ReleasedOctober 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)
StudioSound Cafe, Nine Mile Burn; Cava, Glasgow; Eastcore Studios, London
Genre Folk, psychedelic folk
Length35:31
Label FatCat
Producer Max Richter
Vashti Bunyan chronology
Just Another Diamond Day
(1970)		Lookaftering
(2005)		 Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 85/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC favorable [3]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MusicOMH favorable [6]
The New York Times favorable [7]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Stylus Magazine B+ [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [11]

Lookaftering is the second studio album by Vashti Bunyan. [12] It was released via FatCat Records on October 17, 2005. [13] It is the follow-up to 1970's Just Another Diamond Day . [14] Originally going to be named Dead Pets, Bunyan changed the album's title to Lookaftering, a word used in her family meaning "to care for someone or something." [15]

Contents


Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lookaftering received an average score of 85% based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a gorgeously considered, stunningly and sensitively crafted album by an artist who is truly outside of all fashion, all time, and even space." [2] He added, "Without the technological trappings, this album, timeless and spaceless as it is, could have been made 300 years ago, but that it was made in the 21st century blesses you even more." [2]

Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2005". [16] PopMatters placed it at number 50 on its list of the "Best 50 Albums of 2005". [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vashti Bunyan

No.TitleLength
1."Lately"2:21
2."Here Before"2:05
3."Wayward"3:06
4."Hidden"3:20
5."Against the Sky"3:10
6."Turning Backs"4:28
7."If I Were"2:15
8."Same but Different"3:38
9."Brother"2:10
10."Feet of Clay"4:29
11."Wayward Hum"4:26
Total length:35:31

Personnel

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