Plum (album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2017 (2017-09-22)
Length42:15
Label Drag City
Wand chronology
1000 Days
(2015)
Plum
(2017)
Laughing Matter
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blurt Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
Paste 9.1/10 [5]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [6]

Plum is the fourth studio album by American band Wand. It was released on September 22, 2017 through Drag City Records.

Contents

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Loud and Quiet Top 40 Albums of 2017
28
[7]
Paste Top 50 Albums of 2017
45
[8]
Time Out Top 29 Albums of 2017
23
[9]
Uncut Top 75 Albums of 2017
58

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Setting"1:00
2."Plum"4:16
3."Bee Karma"3:55
4."Charles De Gaulle"4:17
5."High Rise"2:43
6."White Cat"4:14
7."The Trap"4:44
8."Ginger"2:10
9."Blue Cloud"7:50
10."Driving"7:06
Total length:42:15

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic's Credits section for Plum. [2]

Wand

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References

  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. "Plum – Wand". AllMusic . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  3. Mills, Fred. "Blurt Magazine Review". Blurt . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  4. Henderson, Corey (September 20, 2017). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. Prado, Ryan (September 20, 2017). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  6. Currin, Harrison (September 27, 2017). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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