The Official Body Explained

The Official Body
Type:	studio
Artist:	Shopping
Cover:	The Official Body Shopping.jpg
Label:	FatCat
Producer:	Edwyn Collins
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The Official Body is the third studio album by British post-punk band Shopping. It was released on 19 January 2018 through FatCat Records.

Critical reception

The Official Body was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 15 reviews. Tom Hull gave it an A-minus and said that the "songs are tight, clean, [and] have a rhythm and tone similar to that of such classic post-punk bands as Wire, Gang of Four, and Joy Division.^[1]

Personnel

The following individuals were credited with the album's production and artwork.^[2]

• Edwyn Collins - Producer
• DLT Design - Layout
• Billy Easter - Cover Photo
• Shopping - Design, Layout, Primary Artist
• Matthew Williams - Inside Photo

External links

• The Official Body on Bandcamp
• The Official Body at FatCat Records

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hull. Tom. Tom Hull (critic). 28 February 2018. Streamnotes. Tom Hull – on the Web. 9 July 2020.
2. Web site: The Official Body - Shopping Credits. AllMusic. All Media Network. 20 May 2018. 20 January 2018.