Possible Dust Clouds

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Possible Dust Clouds
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Studio album by
Kristin Hersh
ReleasedOctober 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)
RecordedMay 2017-July 2018
StudioStable Sound Studio, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Studio Paradiso, San Francisco, California
Genre
Length36:20
Label Fire
Producer
  • Kristin Hersh
  • Steve Rizzo
Kristin Hersh chronology
Wyatt at the Coyote Palace
(2016)		Possible Dust Clouds
(2018)
Singles from Possible Dust Clouds
  1. "No Shade in Shadow"
    Released: July 24, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Possible Dust Clouds is the tenth studio album by American musician Kristin Hersh. It was released on October 5, 2018 under Fire Records. [6]

Contents

Release

On July 24, 2018, Hersh announced the release of her tenth studio album, along with the first single "No Shade in Shadow". [6]

Critical reception

Possible Dust Clouds 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 78, based on 9 reviews. [3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 82 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 5 reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for Possible Dust Clouds
PublicationAccoladeRank
MusicOMH MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2018
26 [7]

Track listing

Possible Dust Clouds track listing
No.TitleLength
1."LAX"3:49
2."No Shade in Shadow"3:34
3."Halfway Home"3:57
4."Fox Point"3:12
5."Lethe"3:49
6."Loudmouth"3:32
7."Gin"2:46
8."Tulum"3:44
9."Breathe In"3:20
10."Lady Godiva"4:37

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ Bemrose, Bekki (October 8, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ Shepherd, Sam (October 5, 2018). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Wicks, Amanda (July 24, 2018). "Kristin Hersh Announces New Album, Shares New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  7. ↑ Hubbard, Michael (December 5, 2018). "MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2018". MusicOMH . Retrieved September 12, 2020.
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