Vessel (Frankie Cosmos album)

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Vessel
Vessel by Frankie Cosmos album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Genre Indie pop
Length33:16
Label Sub Pop
Producer
  • Frankie Cosmos
  • Hunter Davidsohn
  • Carlos Hernandez
  • Julian Fader
Frankie Cosmos chronology
Next Thing
(2016)
Vessel
(2018)
Haunted Items
(2019)
Singles from Vessel
  1. "Jesse"
    Released: January 11, 2018
  2. "Being Alive"
    Released: February 8, 2018
  3. "Apathy"
    Released: March 1, 2018

Vessel is the third studio album by Frankie Cosmos, the stage name of American singer-songwriter Greta Kline, released on March 30, 2018 on Sub Pop. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.2/10 [2]
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]
Vice A− [13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Vessel received an average score of 80, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greta Kline

No.TitleLength
1."Caramelize"3:27
2."Apathy"2:23
3."As Often as I Can"1:02
4."This Stuff"1:38
5."Jesse"2:48
6."Duet"2:12
7."Accommodate"1:34
8."I'm Fried"1:40
9."Hereby"0:57
10."Ballad of R & J"1:35
11."Ur Up"0:35
12."Being Alive"2:22
13."Bus Bus Train Train"1:19
14."My Phone"0:31
15."Cafeteria"2:56
16."The End"1:23
17."Same Thing"1:27
18."Vessel"3:27
Total length:33:16

Personnel

Adapted from the Frankie Cosmos bandcamp page. [14]

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [15] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 21

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