Shrines (album)

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Shrines
Studio album by Purity Ring
Released July 24, 2012 (2012-07-24)
Genre Synthpop[1][2]
Length 38:20
Label 4AD, Last Gang Records[3]
Producer Corin Roddick, Megan James[4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (76/100)[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Consequence of Sound [6]
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[7]
NME (9/10)[8]
Pitchfork (8.4/10)[9]
Rolling Stone [2]
Spin (7/10)[10]
Under The Gun Review 9.5/10 [11]

Shrines is the debut album of Canadian electronica duo Purity Ring. It was announced on April 23, 2012 by 4AD and was released on July 24, 2012.[12] The album reached number 100 on the UK Albums Chart.[13] In the United States, it reached number thirty-two on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Dance/Electronic Albums.[14]

The album was listed 24th on Pitchfork Media's staff lists top 50 albums of 2012[15] and 14th on the reader list.[16] It was also ranked 29th on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012 and 50th on NME's best albums of 2012 list.[17] The album was named a shortlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize on June 13, 2013.[18]

The tracks "Ungirthed," "Belispeak," "Obedear," "Fineshrine," and "Lofticries" were released as singles.[12][19] In the UK, "Lofticries" was released on 26 November 2012, while "Fineshrine" was released on 4 March 2013. The music video for "Lofticries" was released on the Pitchfork.tv, the Youtube account of Pitchfork Media.[20]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Purity Ring. 
No. Title Length
1. "Crawlersout"   3:10
2. "Fineshrine"   3:29
3. "Ungirthed"   2:48
4. "Amenamy"   3:27
5. "Grandloves" (feat. Young Magic) 4:33
6. "Cartographist"   4:48
7. "Belispeak"   2:58
8. "Saltkin"   3:25
9. "Obedear"   3:29
10. "Lofticries"   3:59
11. "Shuck"   2:09
Total length:
 38:20

Charts

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[21] 32
US Dance/Electronic Albums[22] 2
US Digital Albums[23] 22
US Independent Albums[24] 3
US Tastemaker Albums[25] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2011) Position
US Dance/Electronic Albums[26] 25

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Phares, Heather. "Shrines – Purity Ring". Allmusic. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anderson, Stacey (September 3, 2012). "Purity Ring - Shrines". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Shrines" on Last Gang Records
  4. ↑ "Shrines on Discogs". Retrieved 2013-05-29. 
  5. ↑ Critic Reviews for Shrines. Metacritic. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ Larson, Jeremy (Jul. 4, 2012). "Album Review: Purity Ring - Shrines". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved Jun. 7, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Suntharasivam, Josh (July 25, 2012). "Purity Ring - Shrines". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  8. ↑ Avon, Hayley (July 22, 2012). "Purity Ring - 'Shrines'". NME. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  9. ↑ Richardson, Mark (July 24, 2012). "Purity Ring - Shrines". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  10. ↑ Hopper, Jessica (August 6 2012). "Purity Ring, ‘Shrines’". Spin. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  11. ↑ "REVIEW: Purity Ring: 'Shrines'". Under the Gun Review. July 6, 2012. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "4AD Announces Purity Ring Album, Shrines". 4AD. April 23, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Official UK Albums Top 100". Official Charts Company. August 4, 2012. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012. 
  14. ↑ "Shrines – Purity Ring". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 2, 2012. 
  15. ↑ Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums Of 2012 - Pitchfork Media
  16. ↑ Staff Lists 2012 Pitchfork Readers Poll - Pitchfork Media
  17. ↑ Stereogum’s Top 50 Albums Of 2012 - Stereogum
  18. ↑ "Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2013 Long List". Exclaim!, June 13, 2012.
  19. ↑ "Purity Ring". Discogs. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  20. ↑ Minsker, Evan (November 12, 2012). "Watch Purity Ring's Surreal "Lofticries" Video". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 25, 2012. 
  21. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=305
  22. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=322
  23. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=400
  24. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=326
  25. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=407
  26. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/356551/purity-ring/chart?f=442

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