Silver Tongue (album)

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Silver Tongue
Torres - Silver Tongue.png
Studio album by
Torres
ReleasedJanuary 31, 2020 (2020-01-31)
Length34:31
Label Merge
Producer Mackenzie Scott
Torres chronology
Three Futures
(2017)		Silver Tongue
(2020)		 Thirstier
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 77/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound B+ [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Paste 8/10 [10]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [11]
Under the Radar 8/10 [12]

Silver Tongue is the fourth studio album by American musician Torres. It was released on January 31, 2020, under Merge Records. [13]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Good Scare" was released on October 29, 2019. [14] The second single "Gracious Day" was released December 3, 2019. [15]

Critical reception

Silver Tongue was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 19 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album a score of 78 based on 16 reviews. [16]

Accolades

Accolades for Silver Tongue
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Paste Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
18

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mackenzie Scott

Silver Tongue track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Good Scare"3:35
2."Last Forest"3:44
3."Dressing America"3:59
4."Records of Your Tenderness"2:47
5."Two of Everything"4:49
6."Good Grief"5:03
7."A Few Blue Flowers"3:50
8."Gracious Day"2:34
9."Silver Tongue"4:10

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Kot, Greg (January 24, 2020). "Torres album review: 'Silver Tongue' turns a relationship inside out". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Dzubay, Laura (February 1, 2020). "Torres Captures the Crackling Friction of Love on Silver Tongue". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ Hamilton-Peach, Chris (30 January 2020). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  7. ↑ Sylvester, Daniel (January 28, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ Murphy, John (February 3, 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Aubrey, Elizabeth (January 30, 2020). "Torres – 'Silver Tongue' review: the Brooklyn singer beguiles with her most personal memoir yet". NME . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ Schonfeld, Zach (January 29, 2020). "TORRES Confronts Desire and Infatuation on Silver Tongue". Paste . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ Copperman, Joshua (February 3, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ Von Pip, Andy (January 30, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  13. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (October 29, 2019). "Torres Announces New Album 'Silver Tongue'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  14. ↑ Bloom, Madison (October 29, 2019). "Torres Announces New Album Silver Tongue, Shares New Song 'Good Scare'". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  15. ↑ Minsker, Evan (December 3, 2019). "TORRES Shares New Song 'Gracious Day'". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  17. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)". Paste . 8 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.


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