Ritual in Repeat

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Ritual in Repeat
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Studio album by
Tennis
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2014
Genre
Length38:05
Label Communion
Producer
Tennis chronology
Small Sound
(2013)		Ritual in Repeat
(2014)		 Yours Conditionally
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Paste 7.9/10 [5]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [6]
Sputnikmusic4/5 [7]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Ritual in Repeat is the third album by American indie pop band Tennis, released on September 9, 2014, on Communion Records. The album was produced by Patrick Carney, Jim Eno and Richard Swift. [9] [10] [11]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Night Vision"4:17
2."Never Work for Free"3:29
3."Needle and a Knife"3:24
4."I'm Callin'"3:34
5."Bad Girls"4:31
6."Timothy"4:07
7."Viv Without the N"3:44
8."Wounded Heart"1:47
9."This Isn't My Song"3:31
10."Solar on the Rise"3:08
11."Meter and Line"2:32
Total length:38:05

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Ritual in Repeat liner notes:

Tennis

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [12] 189
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 30

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References

  1. ↑ Metacritic
  2. ↑ Flynn, Katherine (September 10, 2014). "Tennis – Ritual in Repeat". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lang, Alison (September 9, 2014). "Tennis Ritual in Repeat". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Monk, Christopher (April 7, 2015). "Tennis – Ritual In Repeat". musicOMH . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Spinelli, Adrian (September 9, 2014). "Tennis: Ritual In Repeat Review". Paste . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  6. ↑ Cox, Jamieson (September 11, 2014). "Tennis: Ritual in Repeat". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rudy K. (September 20, 2014). "Review: Tennis - Ritual In Repeat". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ Hamilton, Billy (September 9, 2014). "Tennis: Ritual in Repeat (Communion) Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  9. ↑ Murray, Robin (October 17, 2014). "Tennis Announce Third Album 'Ritual In Repeat'". Clash . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Terry, Josh (June 4, 2014). "Tennis announce new album, Ritual in Repeat, stream "Never Work For Free"". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ Hudson, Alex (June 3, 2014). "Tennis to Deliver 'Ritual in Repeat' LP, Offer New Track". Exclaim! . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Tennis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Tennis Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2020.



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