Konkylie

Konkylie
Studio album by
When Saints Go Machine
Released6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
Length38:31
LabelStudio !K7
When Saints Go Machine chronology
Ten Makes a Face
(2008) 		Konkylie
(2011) 		Infinity Pool
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
DIY[4]
MusicOMH[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
Prefix Mag6.5/10[7]

Konkylie is the second studio album by Danish electropop band When Saints Go Machine. It was released on 6 June 2011 by Studio !K7.[8]

Critical reception

Konkylie was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74 based on 9 reviews.[1]

In a review for Drowned in Sound, critic reviewer John Brainlove wrote: "Konkylie is an impressive, accomplished collection of songs from a band coming into their own. They've succeeded in accomplishing what all so many artists strive for: cleanly synthesising their feelings and thoughts into sound."[3] At MusicOMH, Ben Edgell said: "Konkylie is a vibrant, often intense, mix of house and pop, infused, wonderfully, with both a spiritual glow and a dark clubland soul."[5]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Konkylie
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
Clash Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2011 39 [9]
Drowned in Sound Drowned in Sound's Top 75 Albums of 2011 6 [10]
The Line of Best Fit The Line of Best Fit's Top 50 Albums of 2011 6 [11]

Track listing

Konkylie track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Konkylie"4:10
2."Church and Law"4:51
3."Parix"3:31
4."Chestnut"3:33
5."The Same Scissors"4:02
6."Jets"3:12
7."Kelly"3:37
8."On the Move"3:20
9."Whoever Made You Stand So Still"2:59
10."Add Ends"5:16

Charts

Chart performance for Konkylie
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 2

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Brainlove, John (7 July 2011). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. ^ Oliver, Huw. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b Edgell, Ben (6 June 2011). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. ^ Langhoff, Josh (23 August 2011). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. ^ Lemmon, Kyle (1 September 2011). "Prefix Review". Prefix Mag. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. ^ "When Saints Go Machine Unveil New Album". DIY. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. ^ "The Top 40 Albums of 2011". Clash. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  10. ^ Adams, Sean (15 December 2011). "Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2011". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. ^ "The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011". The Line of Best Fit. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – When Saints Go Machine – Konkylie". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2021.