Not to Disappear | ||||
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Released | 15 January 2016 | |||
Recorded | Rare Book Room Studio, Brooklyn, New York | |||
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Length | 47:03 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
Producer |
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Daughter chronology | ||||
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Singles from Not to Disappear | ||||
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Not to Disappear is the second studio album by British indie folk band Daughter, released on 15 January 2016 by 4AD.[3] In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Doing the Right Thing" was released on 30 September 2015.[4] A music video for the single "Numbers" followed in November 2015. The album cover is "The World is Spinning Around", a painting by British artist Sarah Shaw.[5]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[6] |
Metacritic | 74/100[7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
The A.V. Club | B[9] |
Billboard | [10] |
The Guardian | [11] |
NME | 4/5[12] |
The Observer | [13] |
Pitchfork | 6.7/10[1] |
Q | [14] |
Rolling Stone | [15] |
Uncut | 8/10[16] |
Not to Disappear received generally positive reviews from critics.[7] Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club found that Daughter's "brutal lyrical honesty" sets them apart from musical antecedents such as The Cure, PJ Harvey and Beach House.[9] Sonic Seducer said that the band had created a dynamic mixture of indie pop, folk and shoegaze that reflected influences from bands such as London Grammar and Massive Attack.[2] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic called the album "elegant, moving, and often beautiful", as well as sufficiently dynamic despite its reliance on "sound-defining delay, a dark tone palette, and friable vocals".[8] Rolling Stone's Amy Rose Spiegel was more critical, finding that the minimal instrumentation "can highlight the monotony of Tonra's gorgeous, but largely static, vocal phrasing".[15]
Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 2016 | 86[17]
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The Skinny | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 50[18]
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All tracks are written by Elena Tonra and Igor Haefeli
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "New Ways" | 5:25 |
2. | "Numbers" | 4:16 |
3. | "Doing the Right Thing" | 5:14 |
4. | "How" | 4:26 |
5. | "Mothers" | 5:21 |
6. | "Alone / With You" | 4:33 |
7. | "No Care" | 2:53 |
8. | "To Belong" | 4:17 |
9. | "Fossa" | 6:46 |
10. | "Made of Stone" | 3:52 |
Total length: | 47:03 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "The End" | 5:27 |
Total length: | 52:30 |
Daughter
Additional contributors
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 26 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] | 26 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] | 11 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] | 53 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] | 32 |
French Albums (SNEP)[24] | 107 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] | 26 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] | 30 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] | 40 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] | 12 |
UK Albums (OCC)[29] | 17 |
US Billboard 200[30] | 80 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[31] | 6 |
Chart (2016) | Position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] | 190 |
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