Piramida (album)

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Piramida
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Studio album by
Released22 September 2012
Genre Indie pop
Language English
Label 4AD
Efterklang chronology
Magic Chairs
(2010)
Piramida
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound D [3]
Drowned in Sound 9/10 [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
NME 5/10 [6]
Now NNNN [7]
Pitchfork Media 5.7/10 [8]
Popmatters 7/10 [9]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Piramida is the fourth studio album from Danish indie rock group Efterklang. It was released on 22 September 2012. The album was their second to be released on 4AD. The album took inspiration from and is named for the abandoned Russian coal-mining settlement on the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago. [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hollow Mountain"
  2. "Apples"
  3. "Sedna"
  4. "Told to Be Fine"
  5. "The Living Layer"
  6. "The Ghost"
  7. "Black Summer"
  8. "Dreams Today"
  9. "Between the Walls"
  10. "Monument"

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 57
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 101
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [14] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA) [15] 82
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 136
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [17] 20
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 17

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