Wonder Where We Land
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| Released | 7 October 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Osea Island, Essex, UK London, UK Los Angeles New York City[1] | |||
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| Length | 42:23 | |||
| Label | Young Turks | |||
| Producer | Sbtrkt | |||
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Wonder Where We Land is the second studio album from British producer Sbtrkt. It was released on 7 October 2014 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
| 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
| 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 | |
| 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 (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
- ^ "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
- ^ "Sbtrkt - Wonder Where We Land". theyoungturks.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
- ^ "An interview with SBTRKT and the creator of his new video". 23 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ Levy, Pat (7 October 2014). "Album Review: SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Wonder Where We Land by SBTRKT". Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
- ^ "Australiancharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "SBTRKT Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2018.