The Official Body

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The Official Body
The Official Body Shopping.jpg
Studio album by
Shopping
Released19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)
Genre
Length40:54
Label FatCat
Producer Edwyn Collins
Shopping chronology
Why Choose
(2015)		The Official Body
(2018)		 All or Nothing
(2020)
Singles from The Official Body
  1. "The Hype"
    Released: 25 September 2017 [4] [5]

The Official Body is the third studio album by British post-punk band Shopping. It was released on 19 January 2018 through FatCat Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10 [6]
Metacritic 76/100 [7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [8]
Clash 8/10 [9]
Exclaim! 6/10 [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [1]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [13]
Uncut 7/10 [14]
Vice (Expert Witness)A− [15]

The Official Body was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 15 reviews. [7] Tom Hull gave it an A-minus and said that the "songs are tight, clean, [and] have a rhythm and tone similar to that of such classic post-punk bands as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division. [16]

Track listing

All music is composed by Shopping

No.TitleLength
1."The Hype"3:55
2."Wild Child"2:22
3."Asking for a Friend"2:42
4."Suddenly Gone"2:38
5."Shave Your Head"2:54
6."Discover"3:01
7."Control Yourself"4:12
8."My Dad's a Dancer"2:14
9."New Values"3:43
10."Overtime"3:53
Total length:31:31

Personnel

The following individuals were credited with the album's production and artwork. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Moreland, Quinn (19 January 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Pitchfork . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "The Official Body – Shopping". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Review: Shopping - The Official Body". SLUG Magazine . 4 January 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Rettig, James (25 September 2017). "Shopping – "The Hype"". Stereogum. Bauer Media. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Paul (27 September 2017). ""The Hype" by Shopping Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "The Official Body by Shopping reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  7. 1 2 "The Official Body by Shopping Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  8. ↑ O'Neal, Sean (19 January 2018). "Shopping, The Official Body". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Murray, Robin (15 January 2018). "SHOPPING – The Official Body". Clash . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Blenkarn, Matthew (15 January 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Exclaim! . Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Smith, Thomas (16 January 2018). "Shopping – 'The Official Body' Album Review". NME . Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Pearlman, Mischa (January 2018). "Shopping – The Official Body". Record Collector (475). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  13. ↑ Scott, Hayley (17 January 2018). "Shopping – The Official Body". The Skinny . Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  14. ↑ Pattison, Louis (February 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Uncut (249): 32.
  15. ↑ Christgau, Robert (24 February 2018). "Robert Christgau on Fever Ray's 'Plunge' Into the Beyond". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. ↑ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "The Official Body - Shopping Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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