Dark Matter | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 4, 2017 | |||
Studio | Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA) Sony Scoring Stage (Culver City, CA) University High (Los Angeles, CA) | |||
Length | 39:34 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
Producer | David Boucher, Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker | |||
Randy Newman chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Exclaim! | 6/10[3] |
Paste | 8.7/10[4] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10[5] |
Vice (Expert Witness) | A[6] |
Dark Matter is the fifteenth studio album of original material and first of such in nine years by Randy Newman, released on August 4, 2017, by Nonesuch Records. NPR.org released an advance stream of the album on July 27, 2017.[7] Veteran music critic Robert Christgau ranked it as the sixth-best album of the 2010s.[8]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Great Debate" | 8:08 |
2. | "Brothers" | 4:54 |
3. | "Putin" | 3:44 |
4. | "Lost Without You" | 3:54 |
5. | "Sonny Boy" | 4:42 |
6. | "It's a Jungle Out There" | 3:20 |
7. | "She Chose Me" | 3:12 |
8. | "On the Beach" | 4:30 |
9. | "Wandering Boy" | 3:00 |
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Flood Magazine | Top 25 Albums of 2017 | 23
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Mojo Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 33
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Rolling Stone | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 13
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Spin Magazine | Top 50 Albums of 2017 | 43
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