The Switch (Body/Head album)

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The Switch
The Switch (BodyHead album).jpg
Studio album by
Body/Head
ReleasedJuly 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)
Length38:44
Label Matador
Body/Head chronology
No Waves
(2016)		The Switch
(2018)
Singles from The Switch
  1. "You Don't Need"
    Released: June 5, 2018 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Consequence of Sound B+ [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
Flood Magazine6/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters 7/10 [8]

The Switch is the second studio album by the American experimental rock duo Body/Head. It was released on July 13, 2018, under Matador Records. [9]

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Critical reception

The Switch was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 17 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 71 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 17 reviews. [10]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2018
9

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Last Time"7:53
2."You Don't Need"5:26
3."In the Dark Room"4:38
4."Change My Brain"10:41
5."Reverse Hard"10:06

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References

  1. ↑ Shoemaker, Allison (June 5, 2018). "Kim Gordon's Body/Head announce new album, The Switch, share "You Don't Need"". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "The Switch by Body/Head". Metacritic . Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. ↑ Phares, Heather. "The Switch - Body/Head". AllMusic . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  4. ↑ Ham, Robert (July 11, 2018). "Body/Head Reach a New Creative Peak on The Switch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ McClelland, Jenna (July 23, 2018). "Album Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ↑ Scrudato, Ken (July 19, 2018). "Album Review". Flood Magazine. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Snapes, Laura (July 13, 2018). "Body/Head: The Switch review – Kim Gordon's prophecies of doom". The Guardian. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  8. ↑ Korber, Kevin (July 13, 2018). "Album Review". PopMatters. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Sarah (June 4, 2018). "Body/Head Detail 'The Switch' LP". Exclaim! . Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "The Wire's Releases of the Year 2018". Album of the Year. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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