| Close to the Glass | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Notwist |
| Cover: | The-Notwist-Close-To-The-Glass-608x608.jpg |
| Genre: | Electronic, experimental, post-rock |
| Label: | City Slang, Sub Pop |
| Prev Title: | The Devil, You + Me |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | The Messier Objects |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
Close to the Glass is the seventh studio album by German electronic band The Notwist.[1] It was released on 24 February 2014 under City Slang in Europe.[2] It was released on 25 February 2014 under Sub Pop in the United States.[2]
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 23 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
At Alternative Press, Reed Fischer rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars, stating that "Close To The Glass resembles ice-skate carvings on a frozen lake: jagged, cold but filled with fractured ambient beauty." Heather Phares of AllMusic rated the album four stars, noting "the way they join the organic and the electronic, the cerebral and the emotional on Close to the Glass makes it the most thoroughly rewarding and enjoyable album of the Notwist's career to date."
Close to the Glass received a nomination for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award.[3]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Charts[4] | 6 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[5] | 8 |
| US Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[6] | 15 |