Mind Bokeh

Mind Bokeh
Studio album by Bibio
Released 29 March 2011 (2011-03-29)
Genre Folktronica[1]
Length 52:21
Label Warp
Producer Stephen James Wilkinson
Bibio chronology
The Apple and the Tooth
(2009)The Apple and the Tooth2009		 Mind Bokeh
(2011)		 Silver Wilkinson
(2013)Silver Wilkinson2013
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
AllMusic[3]
BBC Musicfavorable[4]
Clash8/10[5]
MusicOMH[6]
Pitchfork6.9/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Resident Advisor3.5/5[9]
The Skinny[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes[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

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

All tracks 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

Charts

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

References

  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. 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. 16 April 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
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