Lost Girls (album)

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Lost Girls
Bat for Lashes - Lost Girls.png
Studio album by
Bat for Lashes
Released6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
Genre Synth-pop [1]
Length38:23
Label
  • Bat for Lashes
  • AWAL
Producer
Bat for Lashes chronology
The Bride
(2016)		Lost Girls
(2019)		The Dream of Delphi
(2024)
Singles from Lost Girls
  1. "Kids in the Dark"
    Released: 10 June 2019
  2. "Feel For You"
    Released: 26 July 2019
  3. "The Hunger"
    Released: 5 August 2019
  4. "Jasmine"
    Released: 19 August 2019

Lost Girls is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, known professionally as Bat for Lashes. It was released on 6 September 2019 through AWAL. [2] It is Khan's follow up to 2016's The Bride . The lead single "Kids in the Dark" was released on 10 June 2019. [3]

Contents

Khan has cited 1980s music and cinema as an inspiration for the record, citing artists such as Bananarama, Cyndi Lauper and The Blue Nile as well as film composer John Williams in an interview with The Line of Best Fit . [4]

Promotion

Khan teased a release on 10 June 2019 through early June, posting short videos to her social media accounts. [5] One featured a snippet of music and a number for a hotline on a poster, which, when dialled, asked callers to leave a message about a lost girl named Nikki. [6] Khan formally announced the album and release of the lead single on 10 June. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Clash 7/10 [9]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Exclaim! 8/10 [11]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Paste 7/10 [14]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [15]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]

Lost Girls 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 76, based on 22 reviews. [7]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Crack Magazine Top 50 Albums of 201949 [17]
Gaffa Top 30 Albums of 201912 [18]
Good Morning America Top 50 Albums of 20191 [19]
The Independent The 50 best albums of the year - 201947 [20]
MusicOMH Top 50 Albums of 201944 [21]
Rough Trade Albums of the Year - 201919 [22]
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 201912 [23]

Track listing

Adapted from Apple Music. [2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Kids in the Dark"
3:28
2."The Hunger"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
4:59
3."Feel for You"
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
3:39
4."Desert Man"
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
  • Scott
3:26
5."Jasmine"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
2:55
6."Vampires"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
3:02
7."So Good"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
3:33
8."Safe Tonight"Khan
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott IV
  • MNEK
4:16
9."Peach Sky"
  • Khan
  • Decilveo
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
4:34
10."Mountains"Khan
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
4:31
Total length:38:23

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [24] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [25] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 130
Scottish Albums (OCC) [27] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 13
US Independent Albums [29] 14
US Current Album Sales [30] 41

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