The North Borders

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The North Borders
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Studio album by
Bonobo
Released21 March 2013
Genre
Length58:43
Label Ninja Tune (ZEN195)
Producer Bonobo
Bonobo chronology
Black Sands
(2010)		The North Borders
(2013)		 Migration
(2017)
Singles from The North Borders
  1. "Cirrus"
    Released: 21 January 2013
  2. "First Fires"
    Released: 20 May 2013
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 9/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound C+ [5]
Drowned In Sound 7/10 [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.0 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The North Borders is the fifth studio album by British musician Bonobo. It was due for release on 1 April 2013, but was released early on 21 March in digital format after a promotional copy was leaked. [12] The album charted at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart. As of 20 January 2017 it had sold 56,993 copies in UK. [13]

Contents

Packaging

The artwork for North Borders and its singles were created by Australian art director and album artist Leif Podhajsky. [14]

Track listing

Digital download and CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."First Fires" (featuring Grey Reverend) Simon Green, Larry D. Brow4:38
2."Emkay"Green5:25
3."Cirrus"Green5:52
4."Heaven for the Sinner" (featuring Erykah Badu)Green, Erica Abi Wright4:09
5."Sapphire"Green4:47
6."Jets"Green4:34
7."Towers" (featuring Szjerdene)Green, Szjerdene3:36
8."Don't Wait"Green5:17
9."Know You"Green4:05
10."Antenna"Green3:32
11."Ten Tigers"Green4:03
12."Transits" (featuring Szjerdene)Green, Szjerdene4:20
13."Pieces" (featuring Cornelia)Green, Cornelia Dahlgren4:27
Vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."First Fires" (featuring Grey Reverend) Simon Green, Larry D. Brow4:38
2."Emkay"Green5:25
3."Don't Wait"Green5:17
4."Cirrus"Green5:52
5."Heaven for the Sinner" (featuring Erykah Badu)Green, Erica Abi Wright4:09
6."Towers" (featuring Szjerdene)Green, Szjerdene3:36
7."Jets"Green4:34
8."Antenna"Green3:32
9."Know You"Green4:05
10."Ten Tigers"Green4:03
11."Sapphire"Green4:47
12."Transits" (featuring Szjerdene)Green, Szjerdene4:20
13."Pieces" (featuring Cornelia)Green, Cornelia Dahlgren4:27

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 29
UK Dance Albums Chart4
UK Independent Albums Chart4

Trivia

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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