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

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