Wonder Where We Land

Wonder Where We Land is the second studio album from British producer SBTRKT. It was released on 7 October 2014 through Young Turks.[2]

Wonder Where We Land
Studio album by
Released7 October 2014 (2014-10-07)
RecordedOsea Island, Essex, UK
London, UK
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY[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

Background

For Wonder Where We Land, SBTRKT aimed to expand the concept of the SBTRKT identity belonging to one person by diverting the club inspired and minimal approach of SBTRKT's first album. In order to achieve this, SBTRKT brought in a larger array of singers and musicians and conducted sessions in the USA 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

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

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

Charts Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 58
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
US Billboard 200[19] 84

References

  1. "Interview: SBTRKT – 'It's not about a single identity' - NBHAP". 23 September 2014.
  2. "SBTRKT - WONDER WHERE WE LAND". theyoungturks.co.uk. Retrieved August 7, 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. "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  7. "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
  8. "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Clash Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  9. Levy, Pat (October 7, 2014). "Album Review: SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  10. "Wonder Where We Land - SBTRKT". Pitchfork Magazine. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  11. "iTunes - Music - Wonder Where We Land by SBTRKT". Retrieved September 9, 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 4 October 2014.
  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. "SBTRKT | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  19. "SBTRKT Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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