Resolve (Poppy Ackroyd album)

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Resolve
PoppyAckroydResolve.jpg
Studio album by
Released2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)
Genre Avant-garde [1]
Length47:34
Label One Little Independent
Poppy Ackroyd chronology
Sketches
(2017)
Resolve
(2018)
Pause
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Clash 8/10 [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
Loud and Quiet 8/10 [5]

Resolve is the second studio album by British musician Poppy Ackroyd. It was released on 2 February 2018, under One Little Independent Records. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Resolve 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 77, based on 7 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews. [7]

Track listing

Resolve track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Paper"4:34
2."Light"5:20
3."The Calm Before"6:09
4."Resolve"4:16
5."Quail"4:54
6."The Dream"5:23
7."Time"6:09
8."Luna"4:41
9."Stems"1:33
10."Trains"4:35

Personnel

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  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. Teckel, Dmitry (6 February 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  4. Sylvester, Daniel (30 January 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  5. Watkeys, Chris (1 February 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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  7. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 28 August 2020.