Our Inventions

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Our Inventions
Lali Puna Our Inventions.jpg
Studio album by
Lali Puna
Released1 April 2010 (2010-04-01)
RecordedDecember 2008 – October 2009
Studio
Genre Electropop [1]
Length37:23
Label Morr
Lali Puna chronology
Faking the Books
(2004)		Our Inventions
(2010)		Two Windows
(2017)
Singles from Our Inventions
  1. "Remember"
    Released: 19 March 2010 [2]
  2. "Move On"
    Released: 3 June 2011 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.3/10 [4]
Metacritic 72/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A− [6]
Pitchfork 6.5/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 6/10 [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
XLR8R 6.5/10 [11]

Our Inventions is the fourth studio album by German electronic music band Lali Puna. It was released on 1 April 2010 by Morr Music. [12]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Valerie Trebeljahr, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Rest Your Head"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Markus Acher
  • Christian Heiß
3:10
2."Remember" (lyrics by Trebeljahr and Acher)
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
3:43
3."Everything Is Always"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
4:18
4."Our Inventions"Trebeljahr4:19
5."Move On"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
3:40
6."Safe Tomorrow"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
4:28
7."Future Tense"
  • Acher
  • Heiß
3:47
8."Hostile to Me"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
2:19
9."That Day"
  • Trebeljahr
  • Acher
  • Heiß
3:34
10."Out There" (featuring Yukihiro Takahashi)
  • Trebeljahr
  • Takahashi
4:05
Total length:37:23

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [13]

Lali Puna

Additional musicians

Production

Design

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References

  1. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "Our Inventions – Lali Puna". AllMusic . Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "'Remember / See The Wood For Trees – Single' von Lali Puna" (in German). Germany: Apple Music . Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "'Move On / After All Stop – Single' von Lali Puna" (in German). Germany: Apple Music . Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Our Inventions by Lali Puna reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Our Inventions by Lali Puna Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Martins, Chris (27 April 2010). "Lali Puna: Our Inventions". The A.V. Club . Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Howe, Brian (1 April 2010). "Lali Puna: Our Inventions". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Lali Puna: Our Inventions". Q . No. 286. May 2010. p. 122.
  9. ↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry (12 April 2010). "Lali Puna, 'Our Inventions' (Morr)". Spin . Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  10. ↑ O'Connell, Sharon (May 2010). "Lali Puna: Our Inventions". Uncut . No. 156. p. 94.
  11. ↑ Reynaldo, Shawn (5 April 2010). "Lali Puna/Javelin/High Places: Our Inventions/No Más/High Places vs. Mankind". XLR8R . Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Breihan, Tom (15 January 2010). "New Release: Lali Puna: Our Inventions". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Our Inventions (liner notes). Lali Puna. Morr Music. 2010. MM098.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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