| Songs of Praise | ||||
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| Released | 12 January 2018 | |||
| Recorded | April 2017 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios | |||
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| Length | 38:29 | |||
| Label | Dead Oceans | |||
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| Singles from Songs of Praise | ||||
Songs of Praise is the debut studio album by the British post-punk band Shame, released via Dead Oceans in January 2018. [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [2] |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Financial Times | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| NME | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10 [10] |
| Q | [11] |
| Record Collector | [12] |
| The Times | [13] |
| Uncut | 8/10 [14] |
Songs of Praise was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 20 reviews. [4]
Reviewing for The Times in January 2018, Will Hodgkinson said "this album has excitement and confidence fizzing out of every song, the spirit of punk-rock defiance given an energy shot for a new generation." [13] Eve Barlow of Pitchfork proclaimed, "the UK rock group separates themselves from their peers, imbuing their post-adolescent rage with wit and, crucially, a self-effacing awareness that they may never succeed." [10] In Mojo , Martin Aston called Songs of Praise an "incendiary debut" from a band who are "a visceral, frayed, clanging racket but still mindful of tunes". [8]
Robert Christgau was lukewarm about the album and said, although Shame can "assemble a fast rock song—I see where the honorific 'punk' comes up in their reviews of praise, but this music just isn't intense enough to merit it—their affect is devoid of any species of uplift: humor, empathy, solidarity, lyrics with a twist, all that corny stuff I retain a yen for. Formally anthemic, spiritually not is another way to put it. True enough, this has turned into a white male mindset, affliction, what have you. Part of the problem not part of the solution. Might they lift themselves out of it sometime? Hope so." [15]
All tracks are written by Shame
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dust on Trial" | 3:34 |
| 2. | "Concrete" | 3:34 |
| 3. | "One Rizla" | 3:34 |
| 4. | "The Lick" | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Tasteless" | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Donk" | 1:41 |
| 7. | "Gold Hole" | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Friction" | 4:31 |
| 9. | "Lampoon" | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Angie" | 6:55 |
| Total length: | 38:29 | |
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] | 42 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] | 175 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 106 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] | 94 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] | 41 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [21] | 32 |
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly Records | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 72 | |
| Rough Trade | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 1 | |
| Paste | The 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 12 |
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