See Mystery Lights

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See Mystery Lights
Yacht - See Mystery Lights.png
Studio album by
Yacht
ReleasedJuly 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
Recorded2007–2008
Genre
Label DFA
Producer Yacht
Yacht chronology
I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real.
(2007)		See Mystery Lights
(2009)		 Shangri-La
(2011)

See Mystery Lights is the fourth full-length studio album by American musical band Yacht. It was released on July 28, 2009, via DFA Records. Recording sessions took place in Portland, Oregon and Marfa, Texas in 2007 and 2008. Production was handled by Yacht.

Contents

The album marks the band's first released to feature its eventual frontwoman Claire L. Evans as a full-time member. The album's cover art was designed by Boyd Elder.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [3]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Now Noto Color- N.svgNoto Color- N.svgBlue square N.PNGBlue square N.PNGBlue square N.PNG [5]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [6]
PopMatters 6/10 [7]
Prefix7.5/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B [10]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

See Mystery Lights was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on twenty-five reviews. [1]

Accolades for See Mystery Lights
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
CLASH Top 40 Albums of 2009
12

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ring the Bell"4:23
2."The Afterlife"4:58
3."I'm in Love with a Ripper"4:13
4."It's Boring / You Can Live Anywhere You Want"8:52
5."Psychic City (Voodoo City)"5:07
6."Summer Song"3:32
7."We Have All We've Ever Wanted"4:11
8."Don't Fight the Darkness"3:08
9."I'm in Love with a Ripper" (Party Mix)5:16
10."Psychic City" (Version)1:32

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [14] 10
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [15] 17

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for See Mystery Lights - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. "See Mystery Lights - YACHT | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ Yates, Daniel B. (September 4, 2009). "Album Review: YACHT - See Mystery Lights". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ Hogwood, Ben (August 31, 2009). "YACHT - See Mystery Lights | Album Reviews". musicOMH . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ Bimm, Jordan (August 27, 2009). "Yacht - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ "YACHT: See Mystery Lights". Pitchfork . August 5, 2009. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  7. ↑ Raper, Dan (July 26, 2009). "YACHT: See Mystery Lights, PopMatters". PopMatters . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  8. ↑ Richardson, Matthew (April 22, 2009). "YACHT: See Mystery Lights". Prefix. Retrieved May 28, 2010– via Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Hoard, Christian (July 28, 2009). "See Mystery Lights : YACHT : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Retrieved August 2, 2009– via Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer; Adams, Sam (July 28, 2009). "YACHT: See Mystery Lights". The A.V. Club . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  11. ↑ Dean, Will (August 28, 2009). "Yacht: See Mystery Lights". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ Welsh, April (December 2, 2009). "Top 40 Albums of 2009 pt.3". CLASH . Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  13. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (August 2009). "Boyd Elder's album cover for YACHT". Print . Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  14. ↑ "YACHT Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  15. ↑ "YACHT Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
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