The Official Body
| The Official Body | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 19 January 2018 | |||
| Genres | ||||
| Length | 40:54 | |||
| Label | FatCat | |||
| Producer | Edwyn Collins | |||
| Shopping chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Official Body | ||||
The Official Body is the third studio album by British post-punk band Shopping. It was released on 19 January 2018 through FatCat Records.
Critical reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 76/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[8] |
| Clash | 8/10[9] |
| Exclaim! | 6/10[10] |
| NME |  [11] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10[1] |
| Record Collector | [12] |
| The Skinny | [13] |
| Uncut | 7/10[14] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | A−[15] |
The Official Body was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 15 reviews.[7] Tom Hull gave it an A-minus and said that the "songs are tight, clean, [and] have a rhythm and tone similar to that of such classic post-punk bands as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division.[16] More mixed of opinion, Freaky Trigger's Tom Ewing felt that the album's bass-led post-punk sound was too faithful to source inspirations like ESG and the Au Pairs, and thus restrictive in sound, though he did praise Rachel Aggs' guitar work.[17]
Track listing
[edit]All music is composed by Shopping.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Hype" | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Wild Child" | 2:22 |
| 3. | "Asking for a Friend" | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Suddenly Gone" | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Shave Your Head" | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Discover" | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Control Yourself" | 4:12 |
| 8. | "My Dad's a Dancer" | 2:14 |
| 9. | "New Values" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Overtime" | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 31:31 | |
Personnel
[edit]The following individuals were credited with the album's production and artwork.[18]
- Edwyn Collins — Producer
- DLT Design — Layout
- Billy Easter — Cover Photo
- Shopping — Design, Layout, Primary Artist
- Matthew Williams — Inside Photo
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Moreland, Quinn (19 January 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "The Official Body – Shopping". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ "Review: Shopping - The Official Body". SLUG Magazine. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ Rettig, James (25 September 2017). "Shopping – "The Hype"". Stereogum. Bauer Media. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ Thompson, Paul (27 September 2017). ""The Hype" by Shopping Review". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ "The Official Body by Shopping reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- 1 2 "The Official Body by Shopping Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ O'Neal, Sean (19 January 2018). "Shopping, The Official Body". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Murray, Robin (15 January 2018). "SHOPPING – The Official Body". Clash. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ Blenkarn, Matthew (15 January 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Exclaim!. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ Smith, Thomas (16 January 2018). "Shopping – 'The Official Body' Album Review". NME. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ↑ Pearlman, Mischa (January 2018). "Shopping – The Official Body". Record Collector (475). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Scott, Hayley (17 January 2018). "Shopping – The Official Body". The Skinny. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ Pattison, Louis (February 2018). "Shopping: The Official Body". Uncut (249): 32.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (24 February 2018). "Robert Christgau on Fever Ray's 'Plunge' Into the Beyond". Noisey. Vice. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ↑ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ Ewing, Tom (29 January 2018). "2018 Music Diary Week 4: The Week of Peel". Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ "The Official Body - Shopping Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.