Never (Micachu and the Shapes album)

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Never
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Studio album by
Micachu and the Shapes
Released23 July 2012 (2012-07-23)
Genre Experimental pop, noise pop
Length35:10
Label Rough Trade Records
Micachu and the Shapes chronology
Jewellery
(2009)		Never
(2012)		Good Sad Happy Bad
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 8/10 [3]
Consequence of Sound C+ [4]
Fact 4/5 [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The List Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [9]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]

Never is the second studio album by Micachu and the Shapes. It was released through Rough Trade Records on 23 July 2012. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

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 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Clash Top 40 Albums of 2012
30
Uncut Top 75 New Albums of 2012
33

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Easy"1:49
2."Never"1:38
3."Waste"1:56
4."Slick"2:49
5."OK"3:31
6."Low Dogg"2:41
7."Holiday"2:25
8."Heaven"2:58
9."You Know"1:32
10."Glamour"1:19
11."Top Floor"0:47
12."Fall"4:12
13."Nothing"4:57
14."Nowhere"2:36

Personnel

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References

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  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Never - Micachu & the Shapes". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Anna (24 July 2012). "Micachu And The Shapes - Never". Clash . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Kivel, Adam (23 July 2012). "Micachu & the Shapes – Never". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Calvert, John (26 July 2012). "Micachu & The Shapes: Never". Fact . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Costa, Maddy (19 July 2012). "Micachu and the Shapes: Never – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Mayberry, Lauren (18 July 2012). "Micachu and the Shapes: Never". The List . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Horton, Matthew (22 July 2012). "Micachu And The Shapes - 'Never'". NME . Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. ↑ LeMay, Matt (25 July 2012). "Micachu and the Shapes: Never". Pitchfork . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. ↑ Pan, Arnold (25 July 2012). "Micachu and the Shapes: Never". PopMatters . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  11. ↑ Young, Jon (5 August 2012). "Micachu & the Shapes, 'Never' (Rough Trade)". Spin . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  12. ↑ Battan, Carrie (30 April 2012). "Micachu and the Shapes Announce New Album". Pitchfork . Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Top 40 Albums Of 2012: 30 - 21". Clash . 11 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "Uncut's Top 75 new albums of 2012". Uncut . 19 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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