Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect

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Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect
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Studio album by
Released6 January 2017 (2017-01-06)
Genre
Length47:30
Label
Sundara Karma chronology
Loveblood
(2016)
Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect
(2017)
Ulfilas' Alphabet
(2019)
Singles from Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect
  1. "A Young Understanding"
    Released: 26 February 2016
  2. "She Said"
    Released: 23 August 2016
  3. "Olympia"
    Released: 20 October 2016
  4. "Flame"
    Released: 11 November 2016
  5. "Happy Family"
    Released: 16 December 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash Mag 8/10 [5]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [6]

Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect is the debut studio album by English band Sundara Karma. It was released in January 2017 under Chess Club Records. In 2020, the album was certified Silver in the UK after achieving sales of over 60,000.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Young Understanding"4:03
2."Loveblood"3:47
3."Olympia"4:11
4."Happy Family"6:02
5."Flame"3:48
6."Lose the Feeling"4:13
7."She Said"3:44
8."Vivienne"3:49
9."Be Nobody"2:50
10."Deep Relief"3:42
11."Watching From Great Heights"2:57
12."The Night"4:24
Total length:47:30

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [7] 24

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Gigwise Top 51 Albums of 2017
37
[8]

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