Rapprocher

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Rapprocher
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Studio album by
Class Actress
ReleasedOctober 18, 2011 (2011-10-18)
Genre Synth-pop [1]
Length43:31
Label Carpark Records
Producer Mark Richardson
Class Actress chronology
Journal of Ardency
(2010)		Rapprocher
(2011)		Movies
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
MusicOMH favorable [5]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Paste 8.2/10 [7]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [9]
Resident Advisor 3.0/5 [10]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin favorable [12]

Rapprocher is the debut studio album by Class Actress. [13] It was released via Carpark Records on October 18, 2011. [13] It is a follow-up to the 2010 EP, Journal of Ardency. [14] The title is French for "to come closer". [15] Music videos were created for "Weekend", [16] "Bienvenue", [17] and "Need to Know". [18]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Rapprocher received an average score of 69% based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.1 out of 10 and wrote, "The synth work on Rapprocher is particularly impressive, maintaining a tangy sharpness while a pop sweetness flows from every corner." [9] Noel Gardner of Drowned in Sound gave the album an 8 out of 10, calling it "a fantastically arranged and conceptually exquisite record". [4]

AllMusic named it as one of the "Favorite Albums of 2011", [19] while NME named it as one of the "Most Underrated Albums of 2011". [20] Allan Raible of ABC News placed it at number 28 on the "50 Best Albums of 2011" list. [21]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Keep You"3:14
2."Love Me Like You Used To"3:52
3."Weekend"4:02
4."Prove Me Wrong"3:52
5."Need to Know"4:13
6."Limousine"4:26
7."All the Saints"4:24
8."Bienvenue"2:58
9."Missed"4:23
10."Hangin' On"3:16
11."Let Me In"4:54

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard ) [22] 21
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [23] 27

References

  1. ↑ Catarinella, Alex (December 28, 2011). "Elizabeth Harper's Naughty Class Act". Elle . Archived from the original on August 23, 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Rapprocher by Class Actress". Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Class Actress – Rapprocher". AllMusic . Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  4. 1 2 Gardner, Noel (October 12, 2011). "Class Actress – Rapprocher". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ Lee, Tim (October 17, 2011). "Class Actress – Rapprocher". MusicOMH . Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  6. ↑ Elan, Priya (October 14, 2011). "Album Reviews: Class Actress – 'Rapprocher'". NME . Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Larsen, Luke (October 18, 2011). "Class Actress: Rapprocher". Paste . Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  8. ↑ Marotta, Michael (October 19, 2011). "Class Actress – Rapprocher". The Phoenix . Archived from the original on March 15, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Fitzmaurice, Larry (October 20, 2011). "Class Actress: Rapprocher". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. ↑ Girard, Stephane (December 19, 2011). "Class Actress – Rapprocher". Resident Advisor . Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ Liedel, Kevin (October 14, 2011). "Class Actress – Rapprocher". Slant Magazine . Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. ↑ Weiss, Dan (October 18, 2011). "Class Actress, 'Rapprocher' (Carpark)". Spin . Archived from the original on July 13, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Hughes, Josiah (June 30, 2011). "Class Actress Announce Carpark Debut". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  14. ↑ Smoak, Matt (October 18, 2011). "A Minute With Class Actress' Elizabeth Harper". Elle . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  15. ↑ Breihan, Tom (June 27, 2011). "Class Actress Announce Debut Album". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  16. ↑ Goble, Corban (October 17, 2011). "Class Actress – "Weekend" Video". Stereogum . Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  17. ↑ Goble, Corban (January 20, 2012). "Class Actress – "Bienvenue" Video". Stereogum . Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  18. ↑ Breihan, Tom (November 2, 2012). "Class Actress – "Need To Know" Video (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum . Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  19. ↑ "AllMusic's Favorite Albums of 2011". AllMusic . January 2, 2012. Archived from the original on April 5, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Most Underrated Albums Of 2011 – What's Yours?". NME . December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  21. ↑ Raible, Allan (January 5, 2012). "Opinion: The 50 Best Albums Of 2011". ABC News . Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Class Actress – Chart history – Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Class Actress – Chart history – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved January 31, 2017.
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