Shangri La (Jake Bugg album)

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Shangri La
Jake Bugg Shangri La.jpg
Studio album by
Jake Bugg
Released18 November 2013 (2013-11-18)
Recorded2013
Studio Shangri-La, Malibu, California, U.S.
Genre
Length39:57
Label Mercury (UK), Island (U.S.)
Producer Rick Rubin
Jake Bugg chronology
Jake Bugg
(2012)		Shangri La
(2013)		 Messed Up Kids
(2014)
Singles from Shangri La
  1. "What Doesn't Kill You"
    Released: 23 September 2013
  2. "Slumville Sunrise"
    Released: 21 October 2013
  3. "A Song About Love"
    Released: 10 January 2014
  4. "Me and You"
    Released: 10 March 2014
  5. "Messed Up Kids"
    Released: 12 May 2014
  6. "There's a Beast and We All Feed It"
    Released: 28 July 2014 [1]

Shangri La is the second studio album by English indie rock artist Jake Bugg. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and named after his studio in Malibu, California, where recording took place in the summer of 2013. The album was released on 18 November 2013 and was met with mixed reactions from fans and critics. [2]

Contents

Release

The first single "What Doesn't Kill You" was announced and released from Shangri La on 23 September 2013. [3] On 17 October 2013, "Slumville Sunrise" was revealed as the second single from the album, and a video promoting the song and album was released. [4] Two more singles, "A Song About Love" and "Me and You" were released in early 2014. However these singles, and indeed all the singles from this album, failed commercially compared to the singles from his previous album, none reaching the UK Top 40. The album was originally scheduled for release in the United States on 14 January 2014, by Island Records, with a five-song EP released on 18 November 2013. [5] However, following a "sold-out" tour in the United States, the release was rescheduled to 19 November 2013, a day after the UK release. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Clash Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Digital Spy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Metro Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Time Out Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [17]
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]

The album received mixed reviews from critics. Barry Nicolson from the NME gave the album a 6/10 review and said "By rush-releasing ‘Shangri La’, Bugg manages to circumvent some second album pratfalls, although he's succumbed to the most obvious one – it's not as good as his first." The Guardian also gave a negative review, giving the album 2 stars and remarking that "his new album is pretty run of the mill".

However at Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 66 (based on 15 reviews) indicating the reception of the album has been 'generally favourable'. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."There's a Beast and We All Feed It" Jake Bugg, Iain Archer 1:43
2."Slumville Sunrise"Bugg, Archer2:59
3."What Doesn't Kill You"Bugg, Archer2:08
4."Me and You"Bugg2:57
5."Messed Up Kids"Bugg, Archer, Brendan Benson 2:59
6."A Song About Love"Bugg, Archer3:58
7."All Your Reasons"Bugg5:08
8."Kingpin"Bugg, Archer, Benson2:30
9."Kitchen Table"Bugg4:55
10."Pine Trees"Bugg, Archer2:45
11."Simple Pleasures"Bugg, Matt Sweeney5:01
12."Storm Passes Away"Bugg, Archer, Benson2:55
Bonus tracks

Personnel

Charts and certifications

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