I Love the New Sky

I Love the New Sky
Studio album by
Tim Burgess
Released22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
Length52:58
LabelBella Union
Tim Burgess chronology
As I Was Now
(2018) 		I Love the New Sky
(2020) 		Typical Music
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash8/10[3]
DIY[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
The Independent[6]
The Line of Best Fit8.5/10[7]
Louder Than War9/10[8]
MusicOMH[9]
NME[10]
The Observer[11]

I Love the New Sky is the fifth studio album by English musician Tim Burgess. It was released on 22 May 2020 under Bella Union.[12]

Commercial performance

The album ranked at No.31 on the UK Albums Chart[13]

Critical reception

I Love the New Sky was met with "generally favourable" 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 79, based on 11 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 78 out of 100 based on 13 reviews.[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Burgess

I Love the New Sky track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Empathy For The Devil"4:20
2."Sweetheart Mercury"3:54
3."Comme D'Habitude"4:21
4."Sweet Old Sorry Me"3:45
5."The Warhol Me"5:35
6."Lucky Creatures"4:25
7."The Mall"4:39
8."Timothy"4:13
9."Only Took A Year"4:06
10."I Got This"4:13
11."Undertow"4:31
12."Laurie"4:56
Total length:52:57

Charts

Chart performance for I Love the New Sky
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[13]
31
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[16] 3

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ Murray, Robin (26 May 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ^ Harris, Nick (21 May 2020). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ^ Sylvester, Daniel (21 May 2020). "Madchester Great Tim Burgess Channels the Past While Pushing Forward on 'I Love the New Sky'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. ^ O'Connor, Roison (21 May 2020). "Tim Burgess, I Love the New Sky and Katie Von Schleicher, Consummation". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. ^ King, Ian (19 May 2020). "The permeating feeling on Tim Burgess' fifth solo outing is one of community and optimism". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. ^ Grantham, Julia (21 May 2020). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. ^ Johnson, Steven (20 May 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ^ Beaumont, Mark (22 May 2020). "Tim Burgess – 'I Love The New Sky' review: cult-pop that should break the 'trending' bar in its own right". NME. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. ^ Mackay, Emily (24 May 2020). "Tim Burgess: I Love the New Sky review – unabashedly uplifting". The Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. ^ Eede, Christian (12 February 2020). "Tim Burgess Announces New Album, 'I Love The New Sky'". The Quietus. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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