Slow Focus

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Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Slow Focus is the third and final studio album by Fuck Buttons, released on 22 July 2013. It peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] It was the first album released by ATP Recordings to reach the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart.[2]

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings Upon its release, Slow Focus received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 81, based on 39 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[3]

AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares noted that Fuck Buttons' self production work was a measure of "how much they've come into their own" and that "Slow Focus delivers some of their most masterful and seemingly effortless music yet."[4] Mike Madden, writing for Consequence of Sound, described it as "a seven-track ride at turns gloopy and glassy, invigorating and dark," noting that "all told, this is pretty epic stuff."[5] Drowned in Sound critic Andrzej Lukowski observed that Slow Focus displayed "a strange, alien detachment" with an "undercurrent of menace", but stated that the album "isn't alienating, it's other, and it's a pleasure to take a wander around its unfamiliar landscapes".[6] In his review for The Guardian where he commented that Slow Focus "seems slightly more commercial than its predecessor, although such things are obviously relative," Alexis Petridis concluded that "the only real response is to listen and gawp."[7] NME reviewer Noel Gardner opined that it was "all-consuming and consistently impressive from the off" and stated that the band "can be proud of what they continue to achieve."[8]

Year-end rankings

Publication List Rank Ref
The A.V. Club The 23 Best Albums of 2013[9] 12 [10]
Bleep Top Albums of the Year 2013 9 [11][12]
Clash Clash's Top Albums of 2013 19 [13]
Crack Magazine Top 100 Albums of 2013 44 [14]
musicOMH Top 100 Albums of 2013 36 [15]
NME NME's 50 Best Albums of 2013 40 [16]
Pitchfork Top 50 Best Albums of 2013 46 [17]
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2013 48 [18]
Slant Magazine The 25 Best Albums of 2013 19 [19]
Under the Radar Top 125 Albums of 2013 91 [20]

"N/A" indicates that the publication did not rank the works included in their year-end list.

Track Accolades

Track Publication List Rank Ref
"Hidden Xs" Bleep Top 100 Tracks of 2013 N/A [21]

"N/A" indicates that the publication did not rank the works included in their year-end list.

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Fuck Buttons – music, production, recording, mixing
  • Mat Rowlands – initial track recording
  • Nina Walsh – initial track recording
  • Jimmy Robertson – mix engineering
  • Bob Weston – mastering
  • Benjamin John Power – artwork
  • Alex de Mora – photography

Charts

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References

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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Madden, Mike (22 July 2013). "Album Review: Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lukowski, Andrzej (22 July 2013). "Album Review: Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
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