Mind Bokeh | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 29 March 2011 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 52:21 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Stephen James Wilkinson | |||
Bibio chronology | ||||
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Singles from Mind Bokeh | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
BBC Music | favorable [4] |
Clash | 8/10 [5] |
MusicOMH | [6] |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10 [7] |
PopMatters | [8] |
Resident Advisor | 3.5/5 [9] |
The Skinny | [10] |
Slant Magazine | [11] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [12] |
Mind Bokeh is a studio album by British electronic musician Bibio, released on Warp. It was released on 29 March 2011 in the United States and 4 April 2011 in the rest of the world. [13] Bibio described the album as a "balance of the familiar and the non-familiar". [14] The title comes from a Japanese word "Bokeh", which means the blurry, out-of-focus part of a photograph. [13]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]
Clash named it the 24th best album of 2011. [15]
All tracks are written by Stephen James Wilkinson
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Excuses" | 5:58 |
2. | "Pretentious" | 6:02 |
3. | "Anything New" | 4:07 |
4. | "Wake Up!" | 3:25 |
5. | "Light Seep" | 3:53 |
6. | "Take Off Your Shirt" | 4:04 |
7. | "Artists' Valley" | 6:00 |
8. | "K Is for Kelson" | 3:28 |
9. | "Mind Bokeh" | 2:33 |
10. | "More Excuses" | 4:27 |
11. | "Feminine Eye" | 1:50 |
12. | "Saint Christopher" | 6:34 |
Total length: | 52:21 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Vertical Helical Stan" | 2:24 |
Total length: | 54:45 |
Chart | Peak position |
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US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [16] | 6 |
UK Albums Chart [17] | 195 |
UK Indie Chart [18] | 33 |