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Preoccupations is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Preoccupations, released on September 16, 2016, by Flemish Eye in Canada and Jagjaguwar in the United States. [1] It was the band's first album released under this name, after changing it from "Viet Cong" in 2015.
The album was preceded by the singles "Anxiety", "Degraded" and "Memory". [2] [3] [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [5] |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Consequence of Sound | B [8] |
| DIY | [9] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [10] |
| The Irish Times | [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 [12] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [13] |
| Q | [14] |
| The Skinny | [15] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [16] |
Preoccupations received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [6] Writing for Pitchfork , Marc Masters stated, "What makes Preoccupations much more than a circular exercise in self-analysis is the vitality of the music. There’s a tense, nervous energy running through all the tracks, which connect to each other like wires that spark electrical currents when they meet". [12]
All tracks are written by Preoccupations.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Anxiety" | 4:29 |
| 2. | "Monotony" | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Zodiac" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Memory" | 11:26 |
| 5. | "Degraded" | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Sense" | 1:01 |
| 7. | "Forbidden" | 1:32 |
| 8. | "Stimulation" | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Fever" | 4:31 |
| Total length: | 38:16 | |
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Preoccupations. [17]
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] | 105 |
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