- indie rock, indie pop, rock
- 66 min
- 17 tracks
- Metal & Dust
If You Wait is the debut studio album by English indie pop band London Grammar, released on 6 September 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings and Ministry of Sound. Seven singles were released from the album: "Metal & Dust", "Wasting My Young Years", "Strong", "Nightcall", "Hey Now", "Sights" and "If You Wait". The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 33,130 copies.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 75/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.9/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Consequence of Sound4/5 ★
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- Mixmag4/5
- NME7/10
- The Observer3/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.1/10
- PopMatters9/10
- Q3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Hey Now3:22
- 2Stay Awake3:05
- 3Shyer3:05
- 4Wasting My Young Years3:20
- 5Sights4:13
- 6Strong4:35
- 7Nightcall4:28
- 8Metal & Dust3:28
- 9Interlude (live)3:59
- 10Flickers4:43
- 11If You Wait4:46
- 1Help3:55
- 2Darling Are You Gonna Leave Me3:02
- 3Help Me Lose My Mind4:06
- 4High Life4:04
- 5Maybe4:24
- 6When We Were Young3:09
17 tracks, 66 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- London Grammar
- Label
- Metal & Dust
- Released
- 2013
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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