Avalanche (Quadron album)

Avalanche
Studio album by Quadron
Released 31 May 2013 (2013-05-31)
Genre Soul, pop
Label Vested in Culture, Epic
Producer Robin Hannibal, Fraser T Smith, Derek Ali, Sylvia Rhone (exec.), Tricky Stewart (exec.)
Quadron chronology
Quadron
(2009)
Avalanche
(2013)
Singles from Avalanche
  1. "Hey Love"
    Released: 1 March 2013
  2. "Favorite Star"
    Released: 3 June 2013[1]
  3. "LFT"
    Released: 11 November 2013[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
AMPYA(7/10)[5]
eMusic[6]
Exclaim!9/10[7]
Filter[8]
Now[9]
Pitchfork Media(7/10)[10]
Popmatters(7/10)[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Today[13]

Avalanche is the second studio album by Danish soul pop duo Quadron. It was released on 31 May 2013 through Vested in Culture and Epic Records. Upon its release, Avalanche received 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 78, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews.[3] Despite its positive reception, the album was a relative commercial failure, only peaking at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the group's native Denmark the album archived greater commercial success, spending 12 weeks in the top 10 of the charts and was eventually certified gold for 10,000 copies sold.[14]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "LFT"  Cecelie Maja Hastrup Karshøj, Robin HannibalHannibal, Kuk Harrell[a] 3:29
2. "Favorite Star"  Karshøj, HannibalHannibal, Harrell[a] 3:21
3. "Hey Love"  Hannibal, Karshøj, Fraser T Smith, Ali TamposiSmith, Hannibal, Harrell[a] 3:23
4. "Crush"  Karshøj, HannibalHannibal 3:44
5. "Befriend"  Karshøj, Hannibal, August RosenbaumHannibal 4:16
6. "Neverland"  Karshøj, HannibalHannibal 3:38
7. "It's Gonna Get You"  Karshøj, Hannibal, RosenbaumHannibal, Harrell[a] 3:26
8. "Better Off" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)Karshøj, Hannibal, Kendrick DuckworthHannibal, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali 4:24
9. "Sea Salt"  Karshøj, Hannibal, RosenbaumHannibal 3:08
10. "Avalanche"  Karshøj, HannibalHannibal 3:45
iTunes Store additional track
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
11. "Something That You Like"  Karshøj, Hannibal, Om'Mas Keith 4:08
Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.[15]

Chart positions

Chart (2013) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 3
US Billboard 200[17] 115
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 16
US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18] 1

Release history

List of release dates, with country released, format, record label and edition
Country Date Format(s) Label
Germany 31 May 2013[19] Digital download Vested in Culture, Epic Records
Denmark[20] 3 June 2013 CD, digital download
United States[21] June 4, 2013 CD, digital download
Germany[22] 14 June 2013 CD

References

  1. "Favoritter og fedterøve rykker playlisten på P3". Dr.dk. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  2. "Ny musik på P3: Mystiske kvinder og en farlige kattemis". Dr.dk. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
  3. 1 2 "Avalanche Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  4. Kellman, Andy. "Avalanche - Quadron". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  5. Rindt, Sascha (13 September 2013). "Quadron machen Wohlfühlpop mit Retro-Zitaten" (in German). AMPYA. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  6. Walters, Barry (24 May 2013). "Quadron, Avalanche". eMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. Patrick, Ryan (2013-05-31). "Quadron - Avalanche". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  8. Lemmon, Kyle (2013-06-03). "Reviews - Quadron". Filter. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  9. LeConte, Julia (2013-06-07). "Quadron - Avalanche". Now. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  10. Ryce, Andrew (12 June 2013). "Quadron: Avalanche". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  11. Leight, Elias (29 July 2013). "Quadron: Avalanche". Popmatters. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. Hermes, Will (2013-06-04). "Quadron, 'Avalanche'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  13. Toh, Christopher (9 August 2013). "Avalanche (Quadron)". Today. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  14. "CERTIFICERINGER" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  15. "Avalanche - Quadron : Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  16. "Danishcharts.com – Quadron – Avalanche". Hung Medien.
  17. "Quadron – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Quadron.
  18. "Quadron – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Quadron.
  19. "Quadron - Downloads". Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  20. "Quadron følger ’Hey Love’ op med internationalt album". Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  21. "Quadron Talks 'Avalanche' Album, Performs 'Hey Love' & 'Favorite Star'". Billboard. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  22. "Avalanche: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de.
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