Tremors (album)

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Tremors
SOHN - Tremors.jpg
Studio album by
Sohn
Released7 April 2014 (2014-04-07)
Studio
Genre
Length41:09
Label 4AD
Producer
Sohn chronology
The Wheel
(2012)		Tremors
(2014)		Rennen
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME 7/10 [8]
Pitchfork 5.0/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]

Tremors is the debut studio album by English musician Sohn, released on 7 April 2014 by 4AD. [13] In 2014 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [14] which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe. [15]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sohn

No.TitleLength
1."Tempest"3:30
2."The Wheel"3:53
3."Artifice"3:17
4."Bloodflows"4:21
5."Ransom Notes"4:25
6."Paralysed"2:53
7."Fool"3:36
8."Lights"4:29
9."Veto"3:55
10."Lessons"3:21
11."Tremors"3:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tremors. [16]

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] 60
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [18] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 75
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] 42
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 83
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 64
Irish Albums (IRMA) [24] 83
Scottish Albums (OCC) [25] 61
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [27] 31
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [28] 6
US Billboard 200 [29] 104
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [30] 19
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [31] 3

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