Rock n Roll Consciousness

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Rock n Roll Consciousness
Thurston Moore - Rock n Roll Consciousness.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 28, 2017 (2017-04-28)
Recorded2016
StudioThe Church Studios, London, England
Genre Alternative rock, noise rock
Length42:58
Label Caroline, Fiction
Producer Paul Epworth
Thurston Moore chronology
The Best Day
(2014)
Rock n Roll Consciousness
(2017)
Spirit Counsel
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [6]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Rock n Roll Consciousness is the fifth studio album by American rock musician Thurston Moore. The album was released on 28 April 2017 by Caroline Records worldwide and Fiction Records in Europe and the United States. [6]

Contents

The album was produced by Paul Epworth. [9]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRankRef.
Rough Trade Albums of the Year
2017
25

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thurston Moore and Radieux Radio, except where noted

Rock n Roll Consciousness track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Exalted"11:54
2."Cusp"6:34
3."Turn On"10:18
4."Smoke of Dreams"6:04
5."Aphrodite"8:08
Total length:42:58
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
6."Cease Fire" (Moore)6:04
7."Mx. Liberty" (Moore)3:13
Total length:52:15

Personnel

Charts

Rock n Roll Consciousness chart performance
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [11] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [12] 52
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [13] 151
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 167
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [15] 66
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 65

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