Season High

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Season High
Little Dragon - Season High.png
Studio album by
Released14 April 2017 (2017-04-14)
Recorded Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre Experimental pop [1]
Length43:09
Label Because
Producer Little Dragon
Little Dragon chronology
Nabuma Rubberband
(2014)
Season High
(2017)
New Me, Same Us
(2020)
Singles from Season High
  1. "High"
    Released: 16 February 2017
  2. "Sweet"
    Released: 8 March 2017
  3. "Celebrate"
    Released: April 27, 2017
  4. "Strobe Light"
    Released: July 19, 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.5/10 [2]
Metacritic 67/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B− [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Mixmag 9/10 [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 5.6/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Season High is the fifth studio album by Swedish electronic music band Little Dragon, released on 14 April 2017 by Because Music. [13] The song "High" was released as the first single.

Contents

Singles

"High" was released on 14 February 2017 as the album's lead single. [14] The accompanying music video debuted on YouTube a day prior the single release. [15]

A music video for the song "Sweet" was released on 8 March 2017. [16]

A version of "High", remixed by Michael Uzowuru and Jeff Kleinman and featuring Denzel Curry and Twelve'len, was released on 4 April 2017. [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Little Dragon.

No.TitleLength
1."Celebrate" (featuring Agge)3:56
2."High"4:16
3."The Pop Life"3:37
4."Sweet"3:31
5."Butterflies"6:06
6."Should I"2:58
7."Don't Cry"4:14
8."Strobe Light"3:43
9."Push"3:06
10."Gravity"7:38

Personnel

Little Dragon

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [18] 3
US Billboard 200 [19] 173
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [20] 20
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [21] 5

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