Marble Skies

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Marble Skies
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Studio album by
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
Genre Art rock, progressive rock
Length40:40
Label Because Music
Django Django chronology
Born Under Saturn
(2015)
Marble Skies
(2018)
Glowing in the Dark
(2021)

Marble Skies is the third studio album by British art rock band Django Django. It reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart in January 2018. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
Paste 7.8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Marble Skies received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 73/100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews" [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Marble Skies"4:26
2."Surface to Air" (featuring Self Esteem)3:41
3."Champagne"4:43
4."Tic Tac Toe"3:55
5."Further"3:21
6."Sundials"4:01
7."Beam Me Up"3:52
8."In Your Beat"3:49
9."Real Gone"5:50
10."Fountains"3:02

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Marble Skies
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 95
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 112
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [14] 120
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 66
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 20
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [17] 9

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