Sun Structures

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Sun Structures
Temples - Sun Structures.png
Studio album by
Released5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)
StudioPyramid (Kettering, England)
Genre
Length52:48
Label Heavenly
Producer James Bagshaw
Temples chronology
Sun Structures
(2014)
Volcano
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.0/10 [3]
Metacritic 72/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 9/10 [5]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 8/10 [9]
Pitchfork 5.5/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Uncut 8/10 [13]

Sun Structures is the debut studio album by English rock band Temples, released on 5 February 2014 by Heavenly Recordings. The building shown on the album cover is the Rushton Triangular Lodge near Rushton, Northamptonshire. The song "Keep in the Dark" is played over the closing credits to the 2015 thriller film The Gift .

Contents

Singles

"Shelter Song" was sent to US modern rock radio by Fat Possum Records on 15 April 2014. [14]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Shelter Song"James Bagshaw3:10
2."Sun Structures"Thomas Walmsley5:12
3."The Golden Throne"Bagshaw4:10
4."Keep in the Dark"Walmsley4:36
5."Mesmerise"Bagshaw3:42
6."Move with the Season"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:10
7."Colours to Life"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:11
8."A Question Isn't Answered"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:11
9."The Guesser"Bagshaw4:06
10."Test of Time"Bagshaw3:53
11."Sand Dance"Walmsley6:31
12."Fragment's Light"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
1:57
Total length:52:48
Japanese edition bonus tracks [15]
No.TitleLength
13."Shelter Song" (Society Remix)3:09
14."Mesmerise" (Time and Space Machine Remix)7:33
iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks [16]
No.TitleLength
13."Shelter Song" (Jagwar Ma Jono's Wrong Mix)5:26
14."Shelter Song" (Justin Robertson's Deadstock 33s Remix)6:21
15."Mesmerise" (Time and Space Machine Remix)7:33
16."Shelter Song" (Society Remix)3:09

Personnel

Temples

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for "Sun Structures"
Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 55
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 69
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 80
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 58
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 36
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 47
Irish Albums (IRMA) [24] 69
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA) [25] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 24
UK Albums (OCC) [28] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [29] 2
US Billboard 200 [30] 163
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [31] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [32] 31
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [33] 44
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [34] 21

Release history

Release history for Sun Structure
RegionDateLabelRef.
Japan5 February 2014 Hostess [15]
Australia7 February 2014 [PIAS] Australia [35]
Ireland Heavenly [36]
United Kingdom10 February 2014 [37]
France [PIAS] Cooperative [38]
United States11 February 2014 Fat Possum [39]
Germany14 February 2014[PIAS] Cooperative [40]

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