Awake (Tycho album)

Awake
Studio album by Tycho
Released March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Genre
Length 36:44
Label Ghostly International
Producer Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Fragments / Ascension"
(2013)
Awake
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundB−[4]
Drowned in Sound7/10[1]
musicOMH[5]
NME6/10[6]
Paste7.3/10[7]
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[8]
PopMatters4/10[9]
Sputnikmusic3.5/5[10]

Awake is the fourth studio album by American musician Tycho, released on March 18, 2014 by Ghostly International.[11]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Scott Hansen. 

No. Title Length
1. "Awake"   4:43
2. "Montana"   5:26
3. "L"   4:37
4. "Dye"   5:17
5. "See"   5:18
6. "Apogee"   4:20
7. "Spectre"   3:46
8. "Plains"   3:17

All 8 tracks from this album have been featured in Adult Swim's bumps.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Awake.[13]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[14] 104
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[15] 143
UK Albums Chart[16] 159
UK Indie Albums Chart[17] 24
US Billboard 200[18] 23
US Dance/Electronic Albums[19] 2
US Independent Albums[20] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position
US Dance/Electronic Albums[21] 18

Awake Remixes
Studio album by Tycho
Released January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
Genre
Label Ghostly International
Producer Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Awake
(2013)
Awake Remixes
(2016)

Awake Remixes

In December 2015 the group announced the release of a remix album of Awake which will be released digitally on the 15th January and physically in May 2016 on Ghostly International.[22]

No. Title Length
1. "Awake (Com Truise Remix)"   5:05
2. "Montana (Christopher Willits Remix)"   8:05
3. "L (Dusty Brown Remix)"   4:24
4. "Dye (Nitemoves Remix)"   5:32
5. "See (Beacon Remix)"   3:54
6. "Apogee (RJD2 Remix)"   4:40
7. "Spectre (Bibio Remix)"   4:18
8. "Plains (Baio Remix)"   4:36
9. "Montana (Few Nolder Remix)"   3:17

References

  1. 1 2 Suntharasivam, Josh (March 12, 2014). "Tycho – Awake". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Awake – Tycho". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  3. Phares, Heather. "Awake – Tycho". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  4. Lenz, Kristofer (March 18, 2014). "Album Review: Tycho – Awake". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  5. Horton, Ross (March 12, 2014). "Tycho – Awake". musicOMH. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  6. Welch, Andy (March 14, 2014). "Tycho – 'Awake'". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  7. Ham, Robert (March 18, 2014). "Tycho: Awake Review". Paste. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  8. Neyland, Nick (March 18, 2014). "Tycho: Awake". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  9. Stevens, Nathan (March 17, 2014). "Tycho: Awake". PopMatters. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  10. Royal, Jacob (March 7, 2014). "Review: Tycho – Awake". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  11. Coultate, Aaron (December 17, 2013). "Tycho is Awake on new album". Resident Advisor. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  12. "TYCHO "Awake" [ARTPL-049]" (in Japanese). Plancha. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  13. Awake (CD liner notes). Tycho. Ghostly International. 2014. GI-208.
  14. "Tycho – Awake" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  15. "Tycho – Awake" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  16. "CHART: CLUK Update 29.03.2014 (wk12)". Zobbel. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  17. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. March 23–29, 2014. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  18. "Tycho – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  19. "Tycho – Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  20. "Tycho – Chart history: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 19, 2014.
  21. "Dance/Electronic Albums: Year End 2014". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  22. http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/tycho-awake-remixes
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