| Sirens | |
| Cover: | Nicolas Jaar - Sirens cover.png |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Nicolás Jaar |
| Genre: |
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| Label: | Other People |
| Producer: | Nicolas Jaar |
| Prev Title: | Pomegranates |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | 2012–2017 |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Sirens is the second studio album by composer and electronic music artist Nicolás Jaar, released on September 30, 2016 by Other People. Influenced by Chilean history and politics, as well as his own personal life, Sirens has received acclaim from both independent music and electronic music publications.
On December 8, 2017, Sirens Deluxe was issued, featuring three bonus songs woven into the album. Jaar said of this version: "this deluxe version of the record is what it should have been all along but i got scared of "coin [In Nine Hands]" and decided against it at the last minute.. but then i started performing coin at every show... i couldn't get it out of me..everything floats to the surface at some point.."[1]
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sirens received an average score of 79, based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Jonah Bromwich, writing for Pitchfork, gave Sirens a positive review, stating, "Sirens is a thoughtful study in contrasts, both musical and political. It's only Nicolas Jaar's second LP, but it is the mark of an enduring electronic composer"; he gave the album a "Best New Music" designation. Nina Corcoran, writing for Consequence of Sound, said, "Though it seems fleeting, Jaar’s hypnotizing songs cradle you until you reach a point of illumination, a bubble of sound that feels limitless in its elongated, looped second, a dance to softened fragments."
Rolling Stone named it the #1 Electronic Album of 2016.
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Stone | The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2016 | 2016 | |||
| Consequence of Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | |||
| Pitchfork | The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2016 | 2016 | |||
| Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | 2016 | |||
| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 2016 | |||
| The Skinny | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 |
Some digital editions include "Wildflowers" as a 5:34-long, unsegued bonus track, whereas the pressings listed below include segues in and out of that song.
Original pressing
"Mirrors", "Killing Time" and "Sirens", together, are the same as "Killing Time" on the standard CD pressing.