Physical (Gabe Gurnsey album)

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Physical
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Studio album by
Gabe Gurnsey
Released3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
Length50:58
Label Phantasy
Singles from Physical
  1. "Eyes Over"
    Released: 11 June 2018 [1]
  2. "Harder Rhythm"
    Released: 16 July 2018 [2]

Physical is the debut studio album by English musician and Factory Floor lead vocalist Gabe Gurnsey. It was released on 3 August 2018, under Phantasy. [3]

Contents

Release

On 11 June 2018, Gurnsey released the first single "Eyes Over". [4] The second single "Harder Rhythm" was released on 16 July 2018. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10 [6]
Metacritic 79/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 405 7/10 [8]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [10]
God Is in the TV 8/10 [11]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [12]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [13]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Physical was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 79, based on 9 reviews. [7] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 74 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews. [15]

Accolades

Accolades for Physical
PublicationAccoladeRank
BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Radio 6 Music's Top 10 Albums of 2018
6 [16]
Loud and Quiet Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018
8 [17]
The Quietus The Quietus' Top 100 Albums of 2018
36 [18]
Rough Trade Records Rough Trade's Top 100 Albums of 2018
33 [19]

Track listing

Physical track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Ultra Clear Sound"4:03
2."You Can"3:33
3."Temazzy"3:40
4."Harder Rhythm"5:18
5."Sweet Heat"3:27
6."New Kind"3:12
7."Heavy Rubber"3:42
8."In States"0:39
9."I Get"5:30
10."Version"0:27
11."Eyes Over"5:27
12."AM Crystal"1:03
13."Night Track"6:32
14."The Last Channel"4:25

Charts

Chart performance for Physical
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] 26

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  2. ↑ "Harder Rhythm = Single by Gabe Gurnsey". Apple Music . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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  6. ↑ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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  10. ↑ Adcock, Lee (7 August 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Thornill, James (3 August 2018). "God Is in the TV Review". God Is in the TV . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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  13. ↑ Younis, Reef (31 July 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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