Slow Focus Explained

Slow Focus
Type:studio
Artist:Fuck Buttons
Cover:Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus.jpg
Label:ATP Recordings
Producer:Fuck Buttons
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Slow Focus is the third and final studio album by Fuck Buttons, released on 22 July 2013. It peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. It was the first album released by ATP Recordings to reach the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart.[1]

Critical reception

Upon its release, Slow Focus received critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews and ratings from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 81, based on 39 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

AllMusic reviewer Heather Phares noted that Fuck Buttons' self production work was a measure of "how much they've come into their own" and that "Slow Focus delivers some of their most masterful and seemingly effortless music yet." Mike Madden, writing for Consequence of Sound, described it as "a seven-track ride at turns gloopy and glassy, invigorating and dark," noting that "all told, this is pretty epic stuff."[2] Drowned in Sound critic Andrzej Lukowski observed that Slow Focus displayed "a strange, alien detachment" with an "undercurrent of menace", but stated that the album "isn't alienating, it's other, and it's a pleasure to take a wander around its unfamiliar landscapes".[3] In his review for The Guardian where he commented that Slow Focus "seems slightly more commercial than its predecessor, although such things are obviously relative," Alexis Petridis concluded that "the only real response is to listen and gawp." NME reviewer Noel Gardner opined that it was "all-consuming and consistently impressive from the off" and stated that the band "can be proud of what they continue to achieve."

Year-End Rankings

!Publication!List!Rank!Ref
The A.V. ClubThe 23 Best Albums of 2013[4] 12[5]
BleepTop Albums of the Year 20139[6] [7]
ClashClash's Top Albums of 201319[8]
Crack MagazineTop 100 Albums of 201344[9]
musicOMHTop 100 Albums of 201336[10]
NMENME's 50 Best Albums of 201340[11]
PitchforkTop 50 Best Albums of 201346[12]
Rolling Stone50 Best Albums of 201348[13]
Slant MagazineThe 25 Best Albums of 201319[14]
Under the RadarTop 125 Albums of 201391[15]
"N/A" indicates that the publication did not rank the works included in their year-end list.

Track Accolades

"N/A" indicates that the publication did not rank the works included in their year-end list.

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Britton. Luke Morgan. Fuck Buttons 'Slow Focus' becomes ATP Recordings' first Top 40 album | The Line Of Best Fit. The Line of Best Fit. 5 August 2013. 29 July 2013.
  2. Web site: 22 July 2013. Madden. Mike. Album Review: Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus. Consequence of Sound. 22 July 2013.
  3. Web site: Lukowski. Andrzej. Album Review: Fuck Buttons – Slow Focus. Drowned in Sound. 20 August 2013. 22 July 2013. 10 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130810150509/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17750/reviews/4146640. dead.
  4. News: December 3, 2013. The 23 best albums of 2013. The A.V. Club. December 14, 2013.
  5. Web site: The 23 best albums of 2013. 2021-05-19. Music. 5 December 2013 . en-us.
  6. Web site: Bleep. Top 10 Albums of the Year 2013. 2021-05-19. Bleep.
  7. Web site: Bleep's 50 Best Albums of 2013. 2021-05-19. Album of The Year. en.
  8. Web site: Clash's Top Albums Of 2013: 20-11. 2021-05-19. Clash Magazine. 9 December 2013 . en.
  9. Web site: ALBUMS OF THE YEAR: 10-1. 2021-05-19. Crack Magazine.
  10. Web site: 2013-12-09. musicOMH's Top 100 Albums Of 2013: Full List and Playlist Lists. 2021-05-19. musicOMH. en-GB.
  11. Web site: 2013-11-26. NME's 50 Best Albums Of 2013. 2021-05-11. NME. en-GB.
  12. Web site: The Top 50 Albums of 2013. 2021-05-19. Pitchfork. 18 December 2013 . en.
  13. December 2, 2013. 50 Best Albums of 2013. May 3, 2019. Rolling Stone.
  14. Web site: Staff. The 25 Best Albums of 2013. . 12 December 2013 . 2021-05-19. en-US.
  15. Web site: Under the Radar's Top 125 Albums of 2013 Under The Radar Magazine. 2021-05-19. www.undertheradarmag.com. en.
  16. Web site: Bleep. The Top 100 Tracks of 2013. 2021-05-19. Bleep.

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