Myopia (Agnes Obel album)

Myopia is the fourth album by Danish singer-songwriter Agnes Obel. It was released on 21 February 2020 by production studio Strange Harvest Limited. Three tracks were released as singles prior to the main release: "Island of Doom", "Broken Sleep" and "Parliament of Owls".

Myopia
Studio album by
Agnes Obel
Released21 February 2020
Recorded2017–2020
Genre
Length39:50
LabelStrange Harvest Limited
Agnes Obel chronology
Citizen of Glass
(2016)		 Myopia
(2020)
Singles from Myopia
  1. "Island of Doom"
    Released: 29 October 2019
  2. "Broken Sleep"
    Released: 7 January 2020

Background

Obel explained the meaning of Myopia: "For me Myopia is an album about trust and doubt. Can you trust yourself or not ? Can you trust your own judgments ? Can you trust that you will do the right thing ? Can you trust your instincts and what you are feeling ? Or are your feelings skewed ?"[1]

Style

In the album, Obel puts a feeling of quiet and gentleness in her music, continuing on from the German concept of Gläserner Bürger, the "citizen of glass", which was the guiding concept of her previous album.[2] The album contains a new sense of solitude instrumentalism and vocals, as well as departing from her upbeat early albums.[3] Obel stated the album was sparked by a struggle to escape her “own tunnel vision”.

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Independent[6]
musicOMH[7]

The Independent has described it as "an album to experience alone, and there's a comfort to being pulled into Myopia's contemplative, isolating territory".[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Agnes Obel.

Myopia track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Camera's Rolling"4:44
2."Broken Sleep"4:55
3."Island of Doom"5:29
4."Roscian"2:17
5."Myopia"5:16
6."Drosera"2:27
7."Can't Be"3:26
8."Parliament of Owls"2:30
9."Promise Keeper"4:29
10."Won't You Call Me"4:17
Total length:39:50

Charts
Sales chart performance for Myopia
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[11] 11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 9
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[14] 39
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[15] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 15
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[17] 33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 34

References
  1. Gersten, Amanda (29 October 2019). "Agnes Obel Shares "Island of Doom," New Single/Video off Forthcoming Album Myopia". PASTE. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Valiente, Ana. "Agnes Obel: the Danish singer made of glass and steel". Cafébabel. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. The Independent - Agnes Obel review – Myopia: New album inhabits a desolate place of twilight solitude
  4. Metacritic - Myopia (Agnes Obel)
  5. AllMusic - Myopia
  6. "Agnes Obel review – Myopia: New album inhabits a desolate place of twilight solitude". The Independent. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. MusicOMH - Myopia by Agnes Obel
  8. "Austriancharts.at – Agnes Obel – Myopia" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Agnes Obel – Myopia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Agnes Obel – Myopia" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  11. "Hitlisten.NU – Album Top-40 Uge 8, 2020". Hitlisten. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Agnes Obel – Myopia" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Agnes Obel – Myopia" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  14. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  15. "Portuguesecharts.com – Agnes Obel – Myopia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  16. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  17. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 9: del 21.2.2020 al 27.2.2020" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  18. "Swisscharts.com – Agnes Obel – Myopia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  19. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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