Pink Noise (album)

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Pink Noise
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Studio album by
Released2 July 2021 (2021-07-02)
Studio
  • Firepit (London)
  • RAK (London)
  • Spark (London)
  • Noatune (London)
  • Doghouse (Henley-on-Thames)
  • Trinity House (Frome)
  • Flightless Bird (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length37:33
Label Atlantic
Producer
Laura Mvula chronology
1/f
(2021)
Pink Noise
(2021)
Singles from Pink Noise
  1. "Safe Passage"
    Released: 3 March 2021
  2. "Church Girl"
    Released: 17 March 2021
  3. "Got Me"
    Released: 12 May 2021
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 89/100 [3]
Review scores
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Entertainment Weekly A− [7]
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The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Line of Best Fit Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Tom Hull – on the Web B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [1]
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Pink Noise is the third studio album by the British singer Laura Mvula, released on 2 July 2021 by Atlantic Records. [14] Its release was five years after The Dreaming Room , released in 2016. [15] The album was preceded by the singles "Safe Passage" and "Church Girl", the latter being issued along with the album's announcement. [16]

Contents

Background

Mvula called the album the one she "always wanted to make", and described it as "made with warm sunset tones of the '80s", saying it "took three years of waiting and waiting and fighting and dying and nothingness and then finally an explosion of sound". [17]

The album follows the 1/f EP, released in February 2021. The EP was named after the technical name for pink noise on the frequency spectrum. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Laura Mvula and Dann Hume.

Pink Noise track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Safe Passage"3:12
2."Conditional"2:49
3."Church Girl"3:45
4."Remedy"4:02
5."Magical"4:12
6."Pink Noise"3:29
7."Golden Ashes"4:09
8."What Matters" (featuring Simon Neil)4:08
9."Got Me"3:26
10."Before the Dawn"4:21
Total length:37:33

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for Pink Noise
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 21
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [20] 1

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