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| Released | 4 May 2018 | |||
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| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | Hot Fruit | |||
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World's Strongest Man is the third studio album by British musician Gaz Coombes. It was released on 4 May 2018, by Hot Fruit Recordings. [4] The album charted at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart [5]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| Clash | 8/10 [8] |
| DIY | [9] |
| Drowned in Sound | (5/10) [10] |
| Loud and Quiet | 7/10 [11] |
| MusicOMH | [12] |
| NME | [13] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [14] |
World's Strongest Man was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 12 reviews. [6]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said of the album: "Coombes is exploring the outer reaches of his psyche, camouflaging his anxiety underneath shimmering synths, drum loops, and guitars that aren't so much strummed as used for waves of textures. It is clearly cut together on computer, with dense rhythms competing with smooth surfaces - but also not chasing pop trends. Instead, it's a mature modern album." [7] Lisa Wright from DIY noted: "Continuing his route into more elegiac, introverted territory, Gaz’s third solo offering continues to find him moving into his next phase with real class." [9]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Fopp | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 14 | |
| Mojo Magazine | Top 75 Albums of 2018 | 17 | |
| Piccadilly Records | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 75 | |
| Rough Trade | Top 100 Albums of 2018 | 93 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "World's Strongest Man" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Deep Pockets" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Walk the Walk" | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Shit (I've Done It Again)" | 2:58 |
| 5. | "Slow Motion Life" | 4:28 |
| 6. | "Wounded Egos" | 4:08 |
| 7. | "Oxygen Mask" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "In Waves" | 2:54 |
| 9. | "The Oaks" | 4:38 |
| 10. | "Vanishing Act" | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Weird Dreams" | 4:56 |
| Total length: | 42:16 | |
Credits adapted from AllMusic [20]
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| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] | 150 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [22] | 188 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [23] | 12 |
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