Love Letters (Metronomy album)

Love Letters is the fourth studio album by English electronic band Metronomy released on 10 March 2014 through Because Music.

Love Letters
Studio album by
Metronomy
Released10 March 2014 (2014-03-10)
RecordedToe Rag (London)
GenreIndietronica, indie pop, synth-pop, new wave, chillwave
Length41:19
LabelBecause
ProducerJoseph Mount
Metronomy chronology
The English Riviera
(2011)		 Love Letters
(2014)		 Summer 08
(2016)
Singles from Love Letters
  1. "I'm Aquarius"
    Released: 11 November 2013
  2. "Love Letters"
    Released: 23 January 2014
  3. "Reservoir"
    Released: 2 June 2014

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10[1]
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independent[5]
The Irish Times[6]
Mojo[7]
NME8/10[8]
Pitchfork5.2/10[9]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut7/10[12]

Critical reception

Love Letters received mostly positive reviews from music critics. According to critic review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received a score of 73 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2] Heather Phares of AllMusic writes that "Musically and emotionally, Love Letters is rawer than what came before it, trading breezy synth pop for insistent psych-rock and soul influences. Confessional and insular, Love Letters is the work of a band willing to take pop success on their own terms and reveal a different -- but just as appealing -- side of their artistry in the process".[3]

Charts

In its first week of release, Love Letters charted at number 7 on the UK Albums Chart, Metronomy's highest position to date.

Charts (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] 65
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] 12
French Albums (SNEP)[16] 7
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 55
Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 12
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 98
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[21] 7

In 2014 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[22] which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. [23]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joseph Mount.

No.TitleLength
1."The Upsetter"4:17
2."I'm Aquarius"4:01
3."Monstrous"3:53
4."Love Letters"5:15
5."Month of Sundays"3:36
6."Boy Racers"4:18
7."Call Me"3:51
8."The Most Immaculate Haircut"4:30
9."Reservoir"3:14
10."Never Wanted"4:36

Personnel
Technical personnel
  • Luke Oldfield – engineering and tape-operator
  • Joseph Mount – production
  • Ash Workman – engineering, mixing and co-production
Design
  • Leslie David – artwork; art direction

References
  1. "Love Letters by Metronomy reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Reviews for Love Letters by Metronomy". Metacritic. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. Phares, Heather. "Love Letters – Metronomy". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  4. Gibsone, Harriet (6 March 2014). "Metronomy: Love Letters review – Heartache with a new-wave groove". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  5. Gill, Andy (8 March 2014). "Album reviews: Metronomy, Dan Croll, Joan As Police Woman, Micah P. Hinson, Christine Tobin, Dean Wareham". The Independent. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  6. Murphy, Lauren (10 March 2014). "Metronomy: Love Letters". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  7. "Metronomy: Love Letters". Mojo (245): 96. April 2014.
  8. Nicolson, Barry (7 March 2014). "Metronomy – 'Love Letters'". NME. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  9. Patrin, Nate (10 March 2014). "Metronomy: Love Letters". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  10. "Metronomy: Love Letters". Q (333): 114. April 2014.
  11. Eddy, Chuck (11 March 2014). "Love Letters". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  12. "Metronomy: Love Letters". Uncut (203): 75. April 2014.
  13. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 17 March 2014" (PDF) (1255). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2016. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. "Ultratop.be – Metronomy – Love Letters" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  15. "Ultratop.be – Metronomy – Love Letters" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  16. "Lescharts.com – Metronomy – Love Letters". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  17. "Officialcharts.de – Metronomy – Love Letters". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  18. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 11, 2014". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  19. "Spanishcharts.com – Metronomy – Love Letters". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  20. "Swisscharts.com – Metronomy – Love Letters". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  21. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  22. http://www.impalamusic.org/sites/default/files/pictures/Awards2.png
  23. http://www.impalamusic.org/node/340
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