Versions (Zola Jesus album)

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Versions
Zola Jesus, Versions album artwork.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)
Length41:04
Label Sacred Bones
Zola Jesus chronology
Conatus
(2011)
Versions
(2013)
Taiga
(2014)
Singles from Versions
  1. "Avalanche (Slow)"
    Released: June 25, 2013 [1]
  2. "Hikikomori"
    Released: August 26, 2013 [2]
  3. "Fall Back"
    Released: November 11, 2013 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The A.V. Club (B) [6]
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME (7/10) [9]
Pitchfork Media (7.6/10) [10]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Versions is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Zola Jesus. The album consists of remixes of tracks from her second and third albums as well as one previously unreleased track. It was released in August 2013 under Sacred Bones Records.

Track listing

All music is composed by Zola Jesus, Mivos Quartet and J. G. Thirlwell

No.TitleLength
1."Avalanche (Slow)"4:55
2."Fall Back"4:27
3."Hikikomori"3:42
4."Run Me Out"3:42
5."Seekir"3:31
6."Sea Talk"5:01
7."Night"3:24
8."In Your Nature"3:24
9."Collapse"4:07
10."Vessel"4:51

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