Capacity (album)

Capacity
Studio album by Big Thief
Released June 9, 2017
Studio Outlier Inn, Woodridge, New York
Genre
Length 41:40
Label Saddle Creek Records
Producer Andrew Sarlo
Big Thief chronology
Masterpiece
(2016)		 Capacity
(2017)
Singles from Capacity
  1. "Mythological Beauty"
    Released: April 22, 2017
  2. "Shark Smile"
    Released: May 8, 2017

Capacity is the second studio album by the American band Big Thief, released through Saddle Creek Records on June 9, 2017.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB[4]
Consequence of SoundB[5]
Exclaim!9/10[6]
Mojo[7]
Pitchfork8.3/10[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Skinny[10]
Uncut8/10[11]
ViceB+[12]

Capacity received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 15 reviews.[2]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref
The Alternative The Alternative's Top 50 Albums of 2017 10 [13]
BrooklynVegan BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017 13 [14]
Flood Magazine The Best Albums of 2017 1 [15]
Newsweek The 17 Best Albums of 2017 1 [16]
NPR The 50 Best Albums of 2017 3 [17]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017 23 [18]
Rough Trade Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2017 4 [19]
The Skinny The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017 12 [20]
Spin 50 Best Albums of 2017 2 [21]
Vinyl Me, Please The Best Albums of 2017 8 [22]

Track listing

All tracks written by Adrianne Lenker.

No.TitleLength
1."Pretty Things"3:05
2."Shark Smile"3:59
3."Capacity"3:52
4."Watering"3:22
5."Coma"3:40
6."Great White Shark"3:23
7."Mythological Beauty"5:07
8."Objects"2:43
9."Haley"3:33
10."Mary"5:30
11."Black Diamonds"3:35
Total length:41:40

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Capacity". Saddle Creek Records.
  2. 1 2 "Capacity by Big Thief". Metacritic. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Donelson, Marcy. "Capacity – Big Thief". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ Terry, Josh (June 9, 2017). "Big Thief offers its rawest, most personal record yet with Capacity". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  5. ↑ Flynn, Katherine (June 6, 2017). "Big Thief – Capacity". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (June 7, 2017). "Big Thief: Capacity". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Big Thief: Capacity". Mojo (284): 96. July 2017.
  8. ↑ Moreland, Quinn (June 9, 2017). "Big Thief: Capacity". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hermes, Will (June 21, 2017). "Review: Big Thief's 'Capacity' Is a Raw Folk-Rock Gem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Ogden, Chris (June 5, 2017). "Big Thief – Capacity". The Skinny. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Big Thief: Capacity". Uncut (242): 38. July 2017.
  12. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 4, 2017). "Robert Christgau on the Grown-Up Feelings of A. Savage and Big Thief". Vice. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Alternative's Top 50 Albums of 2017 - The Alternative". The Alternative. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  14. ↑ "BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  15. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2017". FLOOD. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  16. ↑ "The 17 best albums of 2017". Newsweek. 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  17. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2017 (10-1)". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  18. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  19. ↑ "Capacity". Rough Trade. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  20. ↑ "The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017". Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  21. ↑ "50 Best Albums of 2017". Spin. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
  22. ↑ "The Best Albums Of 2017". Vinyl Me Please. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
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