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| Released | 26 January 2018 | |||
| Genre | Electronic [1] | |||
| Length | 53:01 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
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Shape the Future is the eighth studio album by Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 2018 on Warp. [2] It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [6] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 6.5/10 [7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
| PopMatters |   [9] |
| Resident Advisor | 3.1/5 [10] |
| The Skinny | [11] |
| Spectrum Culture | 2.25/5 [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [4]
Paul Carr of PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars, calling it "N.O.W's strongest and most cohesive album since the imperious In a Space Outta Sound ." [9] Katie Hawthorne of The Skinny gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "You'll feel like you've heard these songs on the breeze before, or snatched them from the window of a passing car, but you couldn't have caught them without Nightmares on Wax's expert navigation." [11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back to Nature" (featuring Kuauhtli Vasquez and Wixarika Tribe) | 7:36 |
| 2. | "Tell My Vision" (featuring Andrew Ashong) | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Shape the Future" | 6:18 |
| 4. | "On It Maestro" | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Tomorrow" (featuring LSK) | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Typical" (featuring Jordan Rakei) | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Tenor Fly" | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Citizen Kane" (featuring Mozez) | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Deep Shadows" (featuring Sadie Walker) | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Gotta Smile" | 6:44 |
| 11. | "The Other Ship" | 4:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (featuring Allan Kingdom and Mozez) | 4:09 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "World Inside" (featuring Andrew Ashong) | 9:06 |
| 13. | "Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (featuring Allan Kingdom and Mozez) | 4:09 |
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] | 132 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [3] | 19 |
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