Cigarettes After Sex (album)

Cigarettes After Sex is the debut studio album by American ambient pop band Cigarettes After Sex. It was released on June 9, 2017, by Partisan Records and received positive reviews from critics.[7]

Cigarettes After Sex
Studio album by Cigarettes After Sex
Released	June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)
Recorded	December 2015 (Brooklyn, New York) May 2016 (Manhattan, New York)[lower-alpha 1]
Genre	Dream pop[1] slowcore[2]
Length	46:56
Label	Partisan
Producer	Greg Gonzalez
Cigarettes After Sex chronology
I. (2012) Cigarettes After Sex (2017) Cry (2019)
Singles from Cigarettes After Sex
"K." Released: December 1, 2016[3] "Apocalypse" Released: March 20, 2017[4] "Each Time You Fall in Love" Released: May 16, 2017[5] "Sweet" Released: August 29, 2017[6]

As of May 2018, it had sold 19,194 copies in United Kingdom.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[9]
Metacritic	75/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The A.V. Club	B[11]
Financial Times	[12]
The Guardian	[1]
Mojo	[13]
Pitchfork	7.4/10[2]
PopMatters	8/10[14]
Q	[15]
Record Collector	[16]
Uncut	6/10[17]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2017	6	[18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Gonzalez.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"K."	5:19
2.	"Each Time You Fall in Love"	4:50
3.	"Sunsetz"	3:34
4.	"Apocalypse"	4:50
5.	"Flash"	4:34
6.	"Sweet"	4:51
7.	"Opera House"	6:04
8.	"Truly"	4:03
9.	"John Wayne"	4:18
10.	"Young & Dumb"	4:33

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Cigarettes After Sex.[19]

Cigarettes After Sex

• Greg Gonzalez – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, recording, production
• Phillip Tubbs – keyboards
• Randy Miller – bass, graphic design
• Jacob Tomsky – drums

Additional personnel

• Rocky Gallo – recording on "Each Time You Fall In Love", mixing
• Greg Calbi – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 96 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 18 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 12 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[24] 47 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 53 French Albums (SNEP)[26] 42 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 39 Greek Albums (IFPI)[28] 65 Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[29] 13 Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 88 New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[31] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[32] 21 Scottish Albums (OCC)[33] 24 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 21 UK Albums (OCC)[35] 27 UK Independent Albums (OCC)[36] 2 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[37] 8 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[38] 14

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[39] 59 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[40] 172 Chart (2018) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[41] 95

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[42]	Gold	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)[43]	Gold	10,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone

Notes

1. "Each Time You Fall in Love"

References

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11. Partridge, Kenneth (June 9, 2017). "Cigarettes After Sex makes mysterious dream-pop for your postcoital haze". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
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