2020 (Richard Dawson album)
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| Released | 11 October 2019 | |||
| Length | 57:53 | |||
| Label | Weird World, Domino Recording Company | |||
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2020 is a studio album by avant-garde folk musician Richard Dawson, released on 11 October 2019 by Weird World,[1] an imprint of Domino Recording Company. Like its 2017 predecessor, Peasant, each song on the album is from the perspective of a different fictional narrator. Through these individual perspectives, 2020 explores modern British citizens' broad social attitudes and anxieties. The album's press release describes Britain as "an island country in a state of flux; a society on the edge of mental meltdown".
Reception
[edit]2020 received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82 based on fifteen reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Richard Dawson.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Civil Servant" | 6:40 |
| 2. | "The Queen's Head" | 5:17 |
| 3. | "Two Halves" | 5:11 |
| 4. | "Jogging" | 6:38 |
| 5. | "Heart Emoji" | 4:34 |
| 6. | "Black Triangle" | 7:59 |
| 7. | "Fulfilment Centre" | 10:07 |
| 8. | "Fresher's Ball" | 5:02 |
| 9. | "No-One" | 0:50 |
| 10. | "Dead Dog In An Alleyway" | 5:29 |
References
[edit]- ^ Sodomsky, Sam (17 October 2019). "Richard Dawson: 2020". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ 2020 by Richard Dawson, retrieved 12 October 2020
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