Lookaftering

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::summary 2005 studio album by Vashti Bunyan ::

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Field	Value
name	Lookaftering
type	studio
artist	Vashti Bunyan
cover	lookafteringbunyan.jpg
released
studio	Sound Cafe, Nine Mile Burn; Cava, Glasgow; Eastcore Studios, London
genre	Folk, psychedelic folk
length
label	FatCat
producer	Max Richter
prev_title	Just Another Diamond Day
prev_year	1970
next_title	Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967
next_year	2007
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| name = Lookaftering | type = studio | artist = Vashti Bunyan | cover = lookafteringbunyan.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = | venue = | studio = Sound Cafe, Nine Mile Burn; Cava, Glasgow; Eastcore Studios, London | genre = Folk, psychedelic folk | length = | label = FatCat | producer = Max Richter | prev_title = Just Another Diamond Day | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 | next_year = 2007 Lookaftering is the second studio album by Vashti Bunyan. It was released via FatCat Records on October 17, 2005. It is the follow-up to 1970's Just Another Diamond Day. Tentatively named Dead Pets, Bunyan changed the album's title to Lookaftering, a word used in her family meaning "to care for someone or something."

Reception

| MC = 85/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Entertainment Weekly | rev2score = C+ | rev3 = The Guardian | rev3score = | rev4 = Mojo | rev4score = | rev5 = Pitchfork | rev5score = 8.5/10 | rev6 = PopMatters | rev6score = 8/10 | rev7 = Q | rev7score = | rev8 = Stylus Magazine | rev8score = B+ | rev9 = Tiny Mix Tapes | rev9score = | rev10 = Uncut | rev10score = 10/10 At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lookaftering received an average score of 85% based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a gorgeously considered, stunningly and sensitively crafted album by an artist who is truly outside of all fashion, all time, and even space." He added, "Without the technological trappings, this album, timeless and spaceless as it is, could have been made 300 years ago, but that it was made in the 21st century blesses you even more."

Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2005". PopMatters placed it at number 50 on its list of the "Best 50 Albums of 2005".

Track listing

| all_writing = Vashti Bunyan | total_length = 35:31

| title1 = Lately | length1 = 2:21

| title2 = Here Before | length2 = 2:05

| title3 = Wayward | length3 = 3:06

| title4 = Hidden | length4 = 3:20

| title5 = Against the Sky | length5 = 3:10

| title6 = Turning Backs | length6 = 4:28

| title7 = If I Were | length7 = 2:15

| title8 = Same but Different | length8 = 3:38

| title9 = Brother | length9 = 2:10

| title10 = Feet of Clay | length10 = 4:29

| title11 = Wayward Hum | length11 = 4:26

Personnel

• Vashti Bunyan – acoustic guitar, vocals
• Max Richter – piano, glockenspiel, Hammond organ, Mellotron, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes, wineglasses
• Kevin Barker – electric guitar
• Devendra Banhart – acoustic guitar
• Marcelo DeOliviera – acoustic guitar
• Rebecca Wood – oboe, cor anglais
• Robert Kirby – French horn, trumpet
• Joanna Newsom – harp
• Adam Pierce – dulcimer
• Adem – harmonium, autoharp
• Fiona Brice – strings
• Ian Burdge – strings
• Gillon Cameron – strings
• John Mercalfe – strings
• Frances Dewar – strings

References

References

1. Carroll, Jim. (November 24, 2009). "Archive: Vashti Bunyan". [[The Irish Times]].
2. "Lookaftering". [[FatCat Records]].
3. Murphy, Matthew. (October 23, 2005). "Vashti Bunyan". [[Pitchfork (website).
4. Bunyan, Vashti. (2022). "Wayward: Just Another Life to Live". White Rabbit.
5. "Lookaftering by Vashti Bunyan". [[CBS Interactive]].
6. Jurek, Thom. "Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan". [[AllMusic]].
7. Browne, David. (October 28, 2005). "EW reviews four lost psychedelic folkies". [[Entertainment Weekly]].
8. Simpson, Dave. (October 13, 2005). "Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering". [[The Guardian]].
9. An oddly seamless follow-up to its distant predecessor. [Nov 2005, p.110]
10. Murphy, Matthew. (October 27, 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". [[Pitchfork (website).
11. Adcock, Zack. (November 1, 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". [[PopMatters]].
12. There's still something truly magical in the wistful clarity of her voice. [Nov 2005, p.131]
13. Powell, Mike. (November 4, 2005). "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". [[Stylus Magazine]].
14. Willcoma. "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". [[Tiny Mix Tapes]].
15. Lookaftering is some kind of miracle. [Nov 2005, p.100]
16. (December 31, 2005). "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". [[Pitchfork (website).
17. (December 19, 2005). "The Best 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". [[PopMatters]].

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