- alternative rock, indie rock, electronic
- 51 min
- 14 tracks
Four is the fourth studio album by British rock band Bloc Party. It was recorded in late 2011 and early 2012 at Stratosphere Sound, New York City, with producer Alex Newport. Newport also produced Wreckonomics—the EP of bassist Gordon Moakes' side project, Young Legionnaire.
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Character
Spare, grave, contemporary and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 68/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- BBC Musicfavourable
- Clash8/10
- Drowned in Sound8/10
- The Independent3/5 ★
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork4.9/10
- The Quietusmixed
- Slant Magazine2.5/5 ★
- Under the Radar4/10 ★
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Tracks
- 1So He Begins to Lie3:34
- 23x32:39
- 3Octopus3:06
- 4Real Talk4:14
- 5Kettling3:41
- 6Day Four4:11
- 7Coliseum2:29
- 8V.A.L.I.S.3:20
- 9Team A4:37
- 10Truth4:00
- 11The Healing4:19
- 12We Are Not Good People3:20
- 13Mean3:27
- 14Leaf Skeleton3:39
14 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bloc Party
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
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