Pearl Mystic

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Pearl Mystic
Pearl Mystic (Hookworms album) cover.jpg
Studio album by
Hookworms
Released4 March 2013 (2013-03-04)
RecordedSuburban Home Studios (Leeds)
Genre
Length44:19
Label Gringo Records, Weird World
Producer MJ (Hookworms)
Hookworms chronology
Hookworms
(2011)		Pearl Mystic
(2013)		 The Hum
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 10/10
The Line of Best Fit 8/10
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Pearl Mystic is the first studio album and second long play record by British rock band Hookworms, released on 4 March 2013 on Gringo Records (UK), and later Weird World (Rest of World), an imprint of Domino. The album's namesake is pearl mystic turquoise, also the colour of the sleeve artwork.

Contents

Critical reception

The album received positive reviews on release, and was later named in end of year critics lists. [1] It was named Loud and Quiet, [2] [3] BrooklynVegan, [4] and Drowned in Sound's [5] [6] number one album of 2013. The Skinny, [7] Jim Fusilli of The Wall Street Journal, [8] and several major UK record stores (Norman Records, Music Exchange, Rise, Piccadilly Records, Sister Ray Records, Resident Records, [1] and Drift Records) placed Pearl Mystic in their top ten releases of 2013, with the record also appearing in Time Out, [9] NME, [10] and The Guardian's [11] top-rated records of that year.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hookworms.

No.TitleLength
1."Away/Towards"8:49
2."Form & Function"5:58
3."I"2:44
4."In Our Time"4:50
5."Since We Have Changed"7:32
6."Preservation"5:04
7."II"1:30
8."What We Talk About"4:01
9."III"3:51
Total length:44:19

Personnel

Hookworms
Additional

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References

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  2. ↑ Dylan Ray, Daniel. "Issue 55: A Humble Evolution". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Albums of the year 2013". Loud and Quiet. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Our Favourite Albums of 2013". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Gourlay, Dom. "Drowned In Sound's Favourite Albums of 2013". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Gourlay, Dom. "Peal Mystic review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Catling, Simon Jay. "Top 10 Albums of the Year". The Skinny . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Fusilli, Jim (26 December 2013). "Big Names Floundered While Indies Triumphed". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  9. ↑ Time Out https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-40-best-albums-of-2013.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "NME" . Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "The Guardian's 40 Best Albums of 2013". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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