Pinned

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Pinned
Pinned (APTBS) Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
A Place to Bury Strangers
ReleasedMarch 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)
Length38:17
Label Dead Oceans
A Place to Bury Strangers chronology
Transfixiation
(2015)		Pinned
(2018)		Re-Pinned
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.9/10 [1]
Metacritic 68/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
Crack Magazine 4/10 [5]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [6]
Exclaim! 6/10 [7]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [8]
Pitchfork 5.3/10 [9]
Under the Radar 7.5/10 [10]

Pinned is the fifth studio album by American noise rock band A Place to Bury Strangers. It was released on April 13, 2018 under Dead Oceans. [11]

Contents

Release

On January 31, 2018, the band announced the release of the album, alongside the first single "Never Coming Back". [12] On March 1, 2018 the band released a music video directed by Elizabeth Skadden for the next single, "There's Only One of Us". [13] The third single "Frustrated Operator" was released on April 11, 2018. [14]

Tour

The band announced a world tour in support of the album from March 2018 to June 2018. [15]

Critical reception

Pinned 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 68, based on 10 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release 61 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews. [16]

Accolades

Accolades for Pinned
PublicationAccoladeRank
ABC News ABC News 50 Best Albums of 2018
46 [17]

Track listing

Pinned track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Never Coming Back"5:14
2."Execution"2:10
3."There's Only One of Us"3:17
4."Situations Changes"5:08
5."Too Tough to Kill"2:07
6."Frustrated Operator"2:28
7."Look Me in the Eye"1:51
8."Was It Electric"3:46
9."I Know I've Done Bad Things"4:43
10."Act Your Age"1:58
11."Attitude"2:28
12."Keep Moving On"3:07

Charts

Chart performance for Pinned
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [18] 48
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [19] 14
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [20] 31
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [21] 14

Personnel

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  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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  4. ↑ Teckel, Dmitry (May 2, 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Kotz, Theo. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ Takru, Radhika (April 17, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ Blenkarn, Matthew (April 9, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ Lilly, Evan (April 7, 2018). "A Place to Bury Strangers' Pinned is a cacophony of confused ideas". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ Geffen, Sasha (April 13, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ Wyatt, Stephen (April 11, 2018). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ Murray, Robin (January 31, 2018). "A Place To Bury Strangers Announce New Album 'Pinned'". Clash . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (January 31, 2018). "A Place to Bury Strangers Unveil 'Pinned' Album, Share New Track". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ Roberts, Christopher (March 1, 2018). "A Place to Bury Strangers New Single". Under the Radar . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ Roberts, Christopher (April 11, 2018). "A Place to Bury Strangers Share Video for New Song "Frustrated Operator"". Under the Radar . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ Roberts, Christopher (January 31, 2018). "A Place to Bury Strangers Announce New Album and Tour, Share Video for "Never Coming Back"". Under the Radar . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  17. ↑ Raible, Allan (December 24, 2018). "Best Albums of 2018". ABC News . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  19. ↑ "A Place to Bury Strangers Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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