- rock, pop
- 47 min
- 14 tracks
- avex trax
Sawayama is the debut studio album by Japanese and British singer Rina Sawayama. It was released on 17 April 2020 by Dirty Hit. The follow-up to her self-released debut EP Rina (2017), it received widespread acclaim from music critics, specifically towards the wide variety of music genres used, as well as its Y2K nostalgia and "intelligent" nature.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 89/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 8.3/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Clash9/10
- Consequence of SoundA−
- DIY4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- The Line of Best Fit9/10
- NME5/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Dynasty3:08
- 2XS3:21
- 3STFU!3:24
- 4Comme des garçons (Like the Boys)3:02
- 5Akasaka Sad3:02
- 6Paradisin’3:06
- 7Love Me 4 Me3:12
- 8Bad Friend3:28
- 9Fuck This World (interlude)2:46
- 10Who’s Gonna Save U Now?3:22
- 11Tokyo Love Hotel4:27
- 12Chosen Family4:09
- 13Snakeskin3:13
- 14Tokyo Takeover3:27
14 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rina Sawayama
- Label
- avex trax
- Released
- April 17, 2020
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- JP
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