The Last Panthers (album)

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The Last Panthers
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Studio album by
Released18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) [1]
Genre Electronic [2]
Length54:18
Label Warp
Producer Chris Clark
Clark chronology
Clark
(2014)
The Last Panthers
(2016)
Death Peak
(2017)

The Last Panthers is a studio album by English electronic musician Clark, released on Warp in 2016. It consists of music from and inspired by a television series of the same name. [3]

Contents

It peaked at number 45 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [8]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Resident Advisor 3.9/5 [10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Back to Belgrade"3:39
2."Hiero-Bosch for Khalil"2:59
3."Diamonds Aren't Forever"2:29
4."Panthers Bass Plock"0:56
5."Chloroform Sauna"1:35
6."Serbian Daffodil"1:06
7."Naomi Pleen"1:56
8."Open Foe"2:08
9."Strangled to Death in a Public Toilet"3:15
10."Cryogenic"2:46
11."Brother Killer"1:36
12."Omni Vignette"2:18
13."Actual Jewels"2:22
14."Dead Eyes for Zvlatko / Heaven Theme"3:07
15."Diamonds Aren't Forever II"5:16
16."Upward Evaporation"5:06
17."Hide on the Treads 1"1:52
18."Hide on the Treads 2"1:56
19."Hide on the Treads 3"2:09

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [4] 45
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [11] 21

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