| The Far Field | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Future Islands |
| Cover: | Future_islands_the_far_field.jpg |
| Released: | April 7, 2017 |
| Recorded: | 2016 |
| Studio: | Sunset Sound Recorders Mercy Sound |
| Label: | 4AD |
| Producer: | John Congleton |
| Prev Title: | Singles |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | As Long as You Are |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
The Far Field is the fifth studio album by American synthpop band Future Islands, released on April 7, 2017 through 4AD.[1] Several parallels can be made between this studio album and the band's second studio album, In Evening Air: both are titled after the final volume of poetry by Theodore Roethke, and both have album art produced by former band member Kymia Nawabi.[2]
The Far Field received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 29 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" and UK-based music webzine Drowned In Sound ranked it at 98 on their list of 100 favorite albums of 2017.[3]
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 60 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 2 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[6] | 37 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 58 |