Slowdive (album)

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Slowdive
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Studio album by
Slowdive
Released5 May 2017 (2017-05-05)
Studio
Genre
Length46:01
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Neil Halstead
Slowdive chronology
Catch the Breeze
(2004)		Slowdive
(2017)		 Everything Is Alive
(2023)
Singles from Slowdive
  1. "Star Roving"
    Released: 12 January 2017
  2. "Sugar for the Pill"
    Released: 28 March 2017

Slowdive is the fourth studio album by English rock band Slowdive. It was released on 5 May 2017 by the record label Dead Oceans. [1] It was Slowdive's first studio album in 22 years, following Pygmalion (1995). [1] It was also the band's first album since Souvlaki (1993) to feature the drummer Simon Scott as a member.

Contents

Slowdive was preceded by the singles "Star Roving", released on 12 January 2017, [2] [3] and "Sugar for the Pill", released on 28 March 2017. [1]

The album artwork is a still image from avant-garde cut-out animation film, Heaven and Earth Magic (1962), by beatnik artist and polymath Harry Smith.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10 [4]
Metacritic 82/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B [7]
Consequence A− [8]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 8.6/10 [13]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Uncut 8/10 [15]

Slowdive received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews. [5]

TJ Kliebhan of Consequence found that Slowdive had "delivered a fresh dream-pop sound that is still uniquely Slowdive", concluding that "Slowdive delivers nearly everything their fans desire in a return: familiarity, innovation, and vast atmospheres to get lost in." [8] The Skinny 's Duncan Harman said that the album "represents an awareness of legacy, and the importance of not pissing all over it; to that extent, it's an essential addition to canon." [16] Drowned in Sound reviewer Dom Gourlay called Slowdive a "majestic return that doesn't just fill in the gaps, but points unflinchingly towards future horizons." [17] Sean T. Collins of Pitchfork said that the album "offers maximum-volume shoegaze too, better than the band ever has before", [13] and Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! wrote that it "certainly was a long wait, but finally Slowdive have given us the album that we have been dreaming about for the last 22 years." [18]

Accolades

Accolades for Slowdive
PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Crack Magazine The 100 Best Albums of 2017
13
Exclaim Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2017
3
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
30
The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017
8
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2017
15
A2IM Libera Awards 2018 Album of the Year 2018
1
Opinion Police The Best Song of the 2010s (Star Roving)
1

Track listing

Slowdive track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slomo"
6:53
2."Star Roving"Halstead5:39
3."Don't Know Why"Halstead4:37
4."Sugar for the Pill"
  • Halstead
  • Chaplin [26]
4:31
5."Everyone Knows"Halstead4:22
6."No Longer Making Time"Halstead5:48
7."Go Get It"
  • Halstead
  • Savill
  • Chaplin
  • Goswell
  • Scott
6:10
8."Falling Ashes"
  • Halstead
  • Scott
8:01
Total length:46:01
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
9."30th June"
  • Halstead
  • Savill
  • Goswell
7:27
Total length:53:25

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [27]

Slowdive

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Slowdive
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [28] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [29] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [30] 53
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [31] 72
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [32] 38
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [33] 49
French Albums (SNEP) [34] 122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [35] 33
Irish Albums (IRMA) [36] 45
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [37] 103
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [38] 7
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [39] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC) [40] 12
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [41] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [42] 79
UK Albums (OCC) [43] 16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [44] 4
US Billboard 200 [45] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [46] 3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [47] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [48] 11

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