Visuals (album)

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Visuals
MewVisuals.png
Studio album by
Mew
Released28 April 2017 (2017-04-28)
Recorded2016
Genre Alternative rock, pop [1]
Length43:46
Label Play It Again Sam
Producer Mew
Mew chronology
+ -
(2015)
Visuals
(2017)
Singles from Visuals
  1. "85 Videos"
    Released: 16 February 2017
  2. "Twist Quest"
    Released: 3 April 2017
  3. "In a Better Place"
    Released: 11 May 2017

Visuals is the seventh studio album by Danish alternative rock band Mew. It was released on 28 April 2017. [2] On 24 January 2017, Mew announced the album via their official website, while a song from the album, "Carry Me to Safety", was premiered on Danish radio station P6 Beat.

Contents

First single "85 Videos" was released together with a music video on 16 February. It is the first Mew album not to feature guitarist Bo Madsen, who left the band after their previous album, + - , was released in 2015.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [5]
Exclaim! 6/10 [6]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [1]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Upon its release, the album received favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 9 reviews. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jonas Bjerre, Johan Wohlert, and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen.

Visuals track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Nothingness and No Regrets"4:28
2."The Wake of Your Life"4:42
3."Candy Pieces All Smeared Out"3:36
4."In a Better Place"4:40
5."Ay Ay Ay"3:40
6."Learn Our Crystals"5:20
7."Twist Quest"3:20
8."Shoulders"2:52
9."85 Videos"4:36
10."Zanzibar"2:04
11."Carry Me to Safety"4:28
Total length:43:46
Bonus tracks on Japanese release
No.TitleLength
12."Seeker Shivers"2:40
13."Heavenly Jewel Thief"4:16

Personnel

Mew

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Visuals
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 193
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [9] 18
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 15
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 35
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [12] 47

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Japan [13] 21 April 2017 CD, digital download Play It Again Sam
Worldwide [14] 28 April 2017 LP, CD, digital download

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