Paradise (Anohni EP)

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Paradise
Anohni - Paradise.png
EP by
Released17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)
Length29:10
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer
Anohni chronology
Hopelessness
(2016)
Paradise
(2017)
Singles from Paradise
  1. "Paradise"
    Released: 26 January 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [1]
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4057.5/10 [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Beardfood7.5/10 [5]
Crack Magazine 6/10 [6]
Exclaim! 9/10 [7]
The MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Paste 7.5/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Paradise is an extended play (EP) by British-American musician Anohni, released on 17 March 2017 by Secretly Canadian. The lead single, also titled "Paradise", was released on 26 January 2017. As with Anohni's previous album, Hopelessness , Paradise features collaborations with Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never. [13] [14] [15]

Contents

The EP includes seven tracks, one of which called "I Never Stopped Loving You" has not been publicly released and was able to be acquired by sending Anohni, via her e-mail address, a personal e-mail sharing with her "...a sentence or two what you care most about, or your hopes for the future. Send this to me instead of the dollar you used to send me in the olden days." [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."In My Dreams"3:01
2."Paradise"
4:28
3."Jesus Will Kill You"
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
  • Mohawke
  • Anohni
3:27
4."You Are My Enemy"
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
  • Anohni
  • Paul Corley [a]
2:38
5."Ricochet"
  • Anohni
  • Birchard
Mohawke3:59
6."She Doesn't Mourn Her Loss"
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
  • Oneohtrix Point Never
  • Anohni
5:10
7."I Never Stopped Loving You"
  • Anohni
  • Lopatin
Oneohtrix Point Never6:27
Total length:29:10

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Paradise. [17]

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 24

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