Wonder Where We Land

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Wonder Where We Land
Studio album by
Sbtrkt
Released7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)
RecordedOsea Island, Essex, UK
London, UK
Los Angeles
New York City[1]
Genre
Length42:23
LabelYoung Turks
ProducerSbtrkt
Sbtrkt chronology
Sbtrkt
(2011) 		Wonder Where We Land
(2014) 		Save Yourself
(2016)
Singles from Wonder Where We Land
  1. "Temporary View"
    Released: 6 June 2014
  2. "New Dorp. New York."
    Released: 23 July 2014

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

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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

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Clash8/10[7]
Consequence of SoundB+[8]
Paste9.3/10[9]
Pitchfork5.5/10[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

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Wonder Where We Land track listing
No.TitleLength
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
Deluxe edition bonus tracks[11]
No.TitleLength
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

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Chart performance for Wonder Where We Land
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

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  1. ^ "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Sbtrkt - Wonder Where We Land". theyoungturks.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
  4. ^ "An interview with SBTRKT and the creator of his new video". 23 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  8. ^ Levy, Pat (7 October 2014). "Album Review: SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  11. ^ "iTunes - Music - Wonder Where We Land by SBTRKT". Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Australiancharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Ultratop.be – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  18. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  19. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  20. ^ "SBTRKT Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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