Wonder Where We Land

Wonder Where We Land
Studio album by Sbtrkt
Released	7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)
Recorded	Osea Island, Essex, UK London, UK Los Angeles New York City [1]
Genre	Electronica R&B UK garage hip hop
Length	42:23
Label	Young Turks
Producer	Sbtrkt
Sbtrkt chronology
Sbtrkt (2011) Wonder Where We Land (2014) Save Yourself (2016)
Singles from Wonder Where We Land
"Temporary View" Released: 6 June 2014 "New Dorp. New York." Released: 23 July 2014

Wonder Where We Land is the second studio album from British producer Sbtrkt. It was released on 7 Oct8 through Young Turks. ^[2]

Background

For Wonder Where We Land, Sbtrkt aimed to expand the concept of the Sbtrkt identity belonging to one person by diverging from the club-inspired and minimal approach of his first album. In order to achieve this, Sbtrkt brought in a larger array of singers and musicians and conducted sessions in the US and the UK, notably Osea, a remote island of the coast of Essex. Sbtrkt and Sbtrkt's visual collaborator, A Hidden Place chose to visually reflect this expansion of the Sbtrkt identity by depicting the concept of Sbtrkt as an unknown quadrupedal masked creature on the artwork of this album. ^[3]

The record is dedicated to Sbtrkt's older brother, Daniel, who died from cancer during the album's creation. ^[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100 [5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Clash	8/10 [7]
Consequence of Sound	B+ [8]
Paste	9.3/10 [9]
Pitchfork	5.5/10 [10]

Wonder Where We Land received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". ^[5]

Track listing

Wonder Where We Land track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Day 1"	0:33
2.	"Wonder Where We Land" (featuring Sampha)	2:45
3.	"Lantern"	2:00
4.	"Higher" (featuring Raury)	4:13
5.	"Day 5"	0:23
6.	"Look Away" (featuring Caroline Polachek)	4:16
7.	"Osea" (featuring Koreless)	2:38
8.	"Temporary View" (featuring Sampha)	3:26
9.	"New Dorp. New York." (featuring Ezra Koenig)	3:00
10.	"Everybody Knows"	3:31
11.	"Problem (Solved)" (featuring Jessie Ware)	2:39
12.	"If It Happens" (featuring Sampha)	1:29
13.	"Gon Stay" (featuring Sampha)	3:36
14.	"The Light" (featuring Denai Moore)	3:06
15.	"Voices in My Head" (featuring ASAP Ferg)	4:48
Total length:		42:23

Deluxe edition bonus tracks ^[11]

No.	Title	Length
16.	"Forgotten" (featuring Raury)	0:59
17.	"Paper Cuts"	2:27
18.	"War Drums" (featuring Warpaint)	2:55
19.	"Spaced Out" (featuring Boogie)	3:40
20.	"Maybe" (featuring Andrew Ashong and Sampha)	3:17
21.	"Decemberist"	2:27
22.	"Tamagotchi" (bonus track)	2:24
23.	"Told You" (bonus track)	3:53
Total length:		64:25

Charts

Chart performance for Wonder Where We Land

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [12]	20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14]	83
French Albums (SNEP) [15]	80
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16]	66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17]	44
UK Albums (OCC) [18]	16
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19]	2
US Billboard 200 [20]	84

References

1. "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
2. "Sbtrkt - Wonder Where We Land". theyoungturks.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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4. "An interview with SBTRKT and the creator of his new video". 23 September 2014.
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18. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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20. "SBTRKT Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2018.