Ouroboros | ||||
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Released | March 4, 2016 | |||
Recorded | February 2015 | |||
Studio | La La Land, Louisville, Kentucky, United States [1] | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 39:37 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Producer | Jim James | |||
Ray LaMontagne chronology | ||||
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Singles from Ouroboros | ||||
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Ouroboros is the sixth studio album by Ray LaMontagne, released on March 4, 2016. It features My Morning Jacket's frontman Jim James, who also produced the record. [1] Lead single "Hey, No Pressure" debuted online on January 20, 2016. [2] The rest of My Morning Jacket, minus James, joined LaMontagne on the road for the album's release tour. [3]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80⁄100 (10 reviews) [4] |
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Drowned in Sound | 8⁄10 [7] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Ouroboros received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 10 critic scores. [4] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Marcy Donelson writing that this "is a deliberate work of album rock". [5] Writing for American Songwriter , Lee Zimmerman scored this release 4 out of 5, calling it "one of the more challenging major label efforts released this year". [6] At Drowned in Sound , Haydon Spenceley gave this album an 8 out of 10, cautioning listeners that "it's so different from the majority of [LaMontagne's] previous output that it might take some time to truly get to grips with". [7]
All songs written by Ray LaMontagne.
Part One
Part Two
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] | 44 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] | 44 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] | 130 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] | 13 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] | 22 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [13] | 54 |
UK Albums (OCC) [14] | 49 |
US Billboard 200 [15] | 13 |