Temple (album)

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Temple
Temple album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 15, 2020
Genre Alternative folk, experimental pop
Length36:58
Label Ribbon Music
Producer Thao Nguyen & Adam Thompson
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down chronology
A Man Alive
(2016)
Temple
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.7/10 [1]
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Exclaim!6/10 [4]
Uncut7/10 [5]
Under the Radar8/10 [6]

Temple is the fifth and final studio album by alternative folk band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, released in May 2020. The album was mixed by Mikaelin Bluespruce and mastered by Heba Kadry.

Contents

The album's first single, "Phenom", was released with a music video created using Zoom and heralded as "the first great Zoom music video." [7]

Thao stated that the album addresses "the reservations that my family had about me being out publicly." She added, "Fear has been such an unfortunate and large presence in my career and in my life... But I'm just so glad to be out from under that." [8] Temple also features a strong hip hop influence. [9]

Track listing

  1. "Temple" – 4:10
  2. "Phenom" – 2:39
  3. "Lion on the Hunt" – 3:14
  4. "Pure Cinema" – 4:29
  5. "Marauders" – 3:29
  6. "How Could I" – 3:16
  7. "Disclaim" – 3:12
  8. "Rational Animal" – 4:19
  9. "I've Got Something" – 4:41
  10. "Marrow" – 3:29

Personnel

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