Fields (album)

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Field	Value
name	Fields
type	studio
artist	Junip
cover	Fields junip.jpg
released	13 September 2010
genre	Indie rock, pop
length	46:49
label	Mute
producer	Don Alstherberg, Junip
next_title	Junip
next_year	2013
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Fields is the debut studio album by Swedish-based indie rock band Junip.

Critical reception

Fields received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a metascore of 75, based on 17 reviews. URB found that "the record is consistent and avoids becoming boring and repetitive", and that the album "is all about quality over quantity." At American Songwriter, Davis Inman vowed that "Fields unfolds in a whole new light." Jim Farber of Daily News commented that the release "has a touch of the otherworldly, offering the kind of glowing sound you could float away on" that he called "smart, gorgeous and sublimely sexy." At The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan highlighted that "this is an album to savour when autumn leaves are falling – and through the rest of the year, too." Kevin Ritchie of Now called the album a "heady, satisfying listen" that is a release that "is a headphones record that reveals new depth with every listen." Heather Phares of Allmusic found the release to be "intriguing in a low-key way that grows with repeated listening". At Rolling Stone, Will Hermes evoked that the album "is seductive, especially his covers", and affirmed that "the grooves are all about losing yourself."

QRO Magazines Ted Chase rated the album an 8/10, and wrote the album goes for a "more for a singular, magical, natural style", and it is "tranquil and touching, but also still with the air of loss". Amy Granzin of Pitchfork rated the album a 7.5/10, and told that the release has a "dearth of surprises makes it a little disappointing even for those with more conventional tastes-- listeners who generally value stuff like quality and consistency more than the shock of the new." Anna Wilson of Clash rated the album a 7/10, and called the album an "earthy, enigmatic and possessed of a refreshing lightness of touch." At Loud and Quiet, Danielle Goldstein rated that album a 7/10, and found that without the break the album "may not have given them time to hone these deep and intricate stylings." At SPIN, Josh Modell rated the album 7 out of 10, and called the album "hushed, pretty, acoustic, melancholy", which he noted "it's just as exhilarating as his gorgeous solo work" because the release contains some "folkie's songs breathe and groove like never before." *The A.V. Club'''s Noel Murray graded the album a B, and found the album to be "a more polished effort that fills out Junip’s sound, adding electronic enhancements and trippy trappings", yet the artist "rarely writes full, indelible songs, but he’s great at building enticing fragments into lasting moments."

However, Consequence of Sound's Drew Litowitz alluded to how "there's just something, if not a few things, missing from this music", and this is because "Fields is bursting with skittish rhythm and pretty strums, it feels horribly monotonous." At NME, Emily Mackay rated the album a 5/10, noted "that surprising lack of offensiveness, though, isn't replaced with anything to particularly excite, leaving it a tasteful aural curtain of an album without much of a view beyond.

Track listing

All tracks written by Junip

Limited edition

A 3-disc limited edition was also released.

Disc 2: [[Rope and Summit|Rope & Summit EP]]

The first four songs were originally released on the Rope & Summit EP, while the latter two were previously unreleased.

Disc 3: [[Black Refuge EP]]

Personnel

Junip:
- José González - guitar, vocals, production
- Elias Araya - drums, production
- Tobias Winterkorn - keys, synths, production
Erik Bodin - tambourine (1)
Joel Westberg - percussion (2)
Don Alstherberg - bass (2,4,11), production, recording, mixing, mastering
Hans Olsson - mastering

References

Metacritic. (14 September 2010). "Critic Reviews for Fields". [[CBS Interactive]].
Phares, Heather. (14 September 2010). "Fields - Junip : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic.
Inman, Davis. (28 September 2010). "Junip: ''Fields''". American Songwriter.
Litowitz, Drew. (13 September 2010). "Album Review: Junip – ''Fields''". Consequence of Sound.
Farber, Jim. (24 September 2010). "Junip's 'Fields' review: Latest album is smart, gorgeous and sublimely sexy". Daily News.
Sullivan, Caroline. (16 September 2010). "Junip: Fields". The Guardian.
Welsh, David. (13 September 2010). "Junip - Fields". musicOMH.
Ritchie, Kevin. (16 September 2010). "Junip". Now.
Hermes, Will. (13 September 2010). "Fields Album Review".
URB staff. (16 September 2010). "Junip - Fields". URB.
Chase, Ted. (21 December 2010). "Junip : ''Fields''". QRO Magazine.
Granzin, Amy. (23 September 2010). "Junip: Fields". Pitchfork.
Wilson, Anna. (21 September 2010). "Junip - Fields". Clash.
Goldstein, Danielle. (14 September 2010). "JUNIP - FIELDS". Loud and Quiet.
Modell, Josh. (1 September 2010). "Junip, 'Fields' (Mute)". SPIN.
Murray, Noel. (21 September 2010). "Junip: ''Fields''". The A.V. Club.
Fiander, Matthew. (14 September 2010). "Junip: Fields". PopMatters.
Mackay, Emily. (13 September 2010). "NME Album Reviews - Album review: Junip - Fields (City Slang)". NME.

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