- indie rock, alternative, psychedelic rock
- 43 min
- 11 tracks
- Wolf Tone
How to Be a Human Being is the second studio album by English indie rock group Glass Animals. It was released on 26 August 2016 by Wolf Tone and Caroline International in Europe, and Harvest Records in the United States. Each of the eleven songs throughout the album represent a different person on the front cover and their experiences.
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Character
Character-led, contemporary, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 74/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Consequence of SoundB
- DIY4/5 ★
- Financial Times4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Mixmag9/10
- Mojo3/5 ★
- NME4/5
- Q2/5 ★
- The Skinny4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Life Itself4:41
- 2Youth3:50
- 3Season 2 Episode 34:03
- 4Pork Soda4:13
- 5Mama’s Gun4:26
- 6Cane Shuga3:16
- 7[Premade Sandwiches]0:36
- 8The Other Side of Paradise5:20
- 9Take a Slice3:49
- 10Poplar St.4:22
- 11Agnes4:31
11 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Glass Animals
- Label
- Wolf Tone
- Released
- August 26, 2016
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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