Spaceman (Octavian album)

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Spaceman
Spaceman Octavian Album Cover.png
Studio album by
Released10 September 2018 (2018-09-10) [1]
Genre Grime [2]
Length36:48
Label Black Butter
Octavian chronology
Essie World
(2017)
Spaceman
(2018)
Endorphins
(2019)

Spaceman (stylized as SPACEMAN) [3] is a 2018 album by Octavian marketed as a mixtape. It includes guest appearances from Krimbo, Suspect, Swift, and A2. [4] The cover art was created by Virgil Abloh, Armin Druzanovic, and Michael Phan. [5] Music videos were created for "Revenge", [6] "Here Is Not Safe", [7] and "Move Faster". [8] The mixtape peaked at number 98 on the UK Albums Chart. [9]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 8/10 [11]
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Pitchfork 8.0/10 [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the mixtape received an average score of 81, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [10]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
NME Albums of the Year 2018
79
Noisey 100 Best Albums of 2018
29

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Scared"1:07
2."Sleep" (featuring Krimbo)2:46
3."Don't Cry"2:22
4."Stand Down"2:43
5."This Is My World"3:19
6."Build"2:24
7."Break That" (featuring Suspect)2:40
8."Move Faster"3:19
9."Here Is Not Safe"2:00
10."54321" (featuring Swift)2:53
11."Revenge"1:42
12."Lightning"3:55
13."You See It?"2:11
14."Think Twice" (featuring A2)3:20

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 98
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [15] 35

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