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Mind Bokeh

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Mind Bokeh
Studio album by
Bibio
Released29 March 2011 (2011-03-29)
Genres
Length52:21
LabelWarp
ProducerStephen James Wilkinson
Bibio chronology
The Apple and the Tooth
(2009)		 Mind Bokeh
(2011)		 Silver Wilkinson
(2013)
Singles from Mind Bokeh
  1. "Excuses"
    Released: 2011
  2. "K Is for Kelson"
    Released: 2011
  3. "T.O.Y.S. (Take Off Your Shirt)"
    Released: 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[3]
BBC Musicfavorable[4]
Clash8/10[5]
MusicOMHStarStarStarStar[6]
Pitchfork6.9/10[7]
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[8]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[9]
The SkinnyStarStarStarStar[10]
Slant MagazineStarStarStarStar[11]
Tiny Mix TapesStar[12]

Mind Bokeh is a studio album by British electronic musician Bibio, released on Warp. It was released on 29 March 2011 in the United States and 4 April 2011 in the rest of the world.[13] Bibio described the album as a "balance of the familiar and the non-familiar".[14] The title comes from a Japanese word "Bokeh", which means the blurry, out-of-focus part of a photograph.[13]

Critical reception

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Clash named it the 24th best album of 2011.[15]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Stephen James Wilkinson.

No.TitleLength
1."Excuses"5:58
2."Pretentious"6:02
3."Anything New"4:07
4."Wake Up!"3:25
5."Light Seep"3:53
6."Take Off Your Shirt"4:04
7."Artists' Valley"6:00
8."K Is for Kelson"3:28
9."Mind Bokeh"2:33
10."More Excuses"4:27
11."Feminine Eye"1:50
12."Saint Christopher"6:34
Total length:52:21
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Vertical Helical Stan"2:24
Total length:54:45

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] 6
UK Albums Chart[17] 195
UK Indie Chart[18] 33

References

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  1. ↑ "Bibio – Mind Bokeh". CMJ. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Mind Bokeh by Bibio". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Mind Bokeh - Bibio". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Paul (2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh - Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. ↑ Younis, Reef (4 April 2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh". Clash. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Hogwood, Ben (4 April 2011). "Bibio – Mind Bokeh". MusicOMH. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Mark (1 April 2017). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Lambert, Joe (6 April 2011). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Dix, Michael (5 April 2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Shukla, Mark (2 March 2011). "Bibio – Mind Bokeh". The Skinny. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Liedel, Kevin (25 March 2011). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  12. ↑ RS, Nick. "Bibio - Mind Bokeh". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  13. 1 2 Breihan, Tom (13 January 2011). "Bibio Announces New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "New album Mind Bokeh - listen to sampler and read details". Warp. 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  15. ↑ "The Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 30 - 21". Clash. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  16. ↑ "Bibio - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  17. ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 16.04.2011 (wk13)". Zobbel.de. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  18. ↑ "2011-04-16 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
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