Move in Spectrums | ||||
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Released | September 24, 2013 | |||
Genre | Indie pop, dream pop | |||
Length | 43:33 | |||
Label | Moshi Moshi Records Instant Records | |||
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Au Revoir Simone chronology | ||||
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Move in Spectrums is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Au Revoir Simone. It was released on September 24, 2013 by Moshi Moshi Records and Instant Records. [1]
The remix album, titled Spectrums, was released in 2014. [2]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 76/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [5] |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10 [6] |
PopMatters | [7] |
Slant Magazine | [8] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 76% based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
National Post named it one of the best albums of 2013. [9]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "More Than" | 4:47 |
2. | "The Lead Is Galloping" | 2:32 |
3. | "Crazy" | 2:55 |
4. | "We Both Know" | 4:51 |
5. | "Just Like a Tree" | 4:28 |
6. | "Somebody Who" | 3:24 |
7. | "Gravitron" | 4:31 |
8. | "Boiling Point" | 4:33 |
9. | "Love You Don't Know Me" | 2:55 |
10. | "Hand Over Hand" | 5:07 |
11. | "Let the Night Win" | 5:30 |
Chart | Peak position |
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US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10] | 8 |
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