Pinned | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 13, 2018 | |||
Length | 38:17 | |||
Label | Dead Oceans | |||
A Place to Bury Strangers chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 5.9/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 68/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Clash | 7/10 [4] |
Crack Magazine | 4/10 [5] |
Drowned in Sound | 4/10 [6] |
Exclaim! | 6/10 [7] |
The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 [8] |
Pitchfork | 5.3/10 [9] |
Under the Radar | 7.5/10 [10] |
Pinned is the fifth studio album by American noise rock band A Place to Bury Strangers. It was released on April 13, 2018 under Dead Oceans. [11]
On January 31, 2018, the band announced the release of the album, alongside the first single "Never Coming Back". [12] On March 1, 2018 the band released a music video directed by Elizabeth Skadden for the next single, "There's Only One of Us". [13] The third single "Frustrated Operator" was released on April 11, 2018. [14]
The band announced a world tour in support of the album from March 2018 to June 2018. [15]
Pinned 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 68, based on 10 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release 61 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews. [16]
Publication | Accolade | Rank |
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ABC News | ABC News 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 46
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Never Coming Back" | 5:14 |
2. | "Execution" | 2:10 |
3. | "There's Only One of Us" | 3:17 |
4. | "Situations Changes" | 5:08 |
5. | "Too Tough to Kill" | 2:07 |
6. | "Frustrated Operator" | 2:28 |
7. | "Look Me in the Eye" | 1:51 |
8. | "Was It Electric" | 3:46 |
9. | "I Know I've Done Bad Things" | 4:43 |
10. | "Act Your Age" | 1:58 |
11. | "Attitude" | 2:28 |
12. | "Keep Moving On" | 3:07 |
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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UK Independent Albums ( OCC) [18] | 48 |
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard) [19] | 14 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [20] | 31 |
US Vinyl Albums ( Billboard) [21] | 14 |