Taiga (Zola Jesus album)

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Taiga
Taiga album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2014
Genre
Length42:36
Label Mute
Producer Nika Roza Danilova, Dean Hurley
Zola Jesus chronology
Versions
(2013)
Taiga
(2014)
Okovi
(2017)
Singles from Taiga
  1. "Dangerous Days"
    Released: June 23, 2014
  2. "Go (Blank Sea)"
    Released: September 17, 2014
  3. "Hunger"
    Released: February 9, 2015
  4. "Nail"
    Released: September 18, 2015

Taiga is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Zola Jesus. It was released on October 6, 2014 in the UK and EU and on October 7, 2014 in the US through Mute. [1] The album was produced by Nika Roza Danilova and co-produced by Dean Hurley. [1] It marks the first Zola Jesus record to be released through Mute Records. The album title Taiga is the Russian word for boreal forests. A music video was released for the album's first single "Dangerous Days". [2] The music video was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in Hoh Rainforest, Washington. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound C+ [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 7/10 [8]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [9]
PopMatters 6/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Upon its release, Taiga received generally positive reviews from music critics. The review aggregator website Metacritic assigns a "Metascore" to each album, which is based on the ratings and reviews of selected mainstream independent publications, and the release has a score of a 66 based on 21 selected critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nika Roza Danilova

No.TitleLength
1."Taiga"2:55
2."Dangerous Days"4:29
3."Dust"3:32
4."Hunger"4:32
5."Go (Blank Sea)"4:05
6."Ego"2:49
7."Lawless"5:15
8."Nail"3:05
9."Long Way Down"3:58
10."Hollow"3:50
11."It’s Not Over"4:05
Total length:42:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Zola Jesus

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12] 48
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 9
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [14] 40

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