Reservoir (Gordi album)

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Reservoir
Reservoir by Gordi.webp
Studio album by
Released25 August 2017
Length49:02
Label Jagjaguwar
Gordi chronology
Reservoir
(2017)
Our Two Skins
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 7/10 [3]

Reservoir is the debut studio album by Australian musician Gordi, released on 25 August 2017 via Jagjaguwar.

Contents

At the 2017 J Awards, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Long Way"4:00
2."All the Light We Cannot See"4:17
3."On My Side"4:03
4."Bitter End"5:09
5."Heaven I Know"5:14
6."I'm Done"3:38
7."Myriad"3:22
8."Aeon"5:22
9."Can We Work It Out"4:11
10."Better Than Then, Closer to Now"4:23
11."Something Like This"5:00

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 20

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