I Love the New Sky

I Love the New Sky is the fifth studio album by English musician Tim Burgess. It was released on 22 May 2020 under Bella Union.[13]

I Love the New Sky
Studio album by
Tim Burgess
Released22 May 2020 (2020-05-22)
Length52:58
LabelBella Union
Tim Burgess chronology
As I Was Now
(2018)		 I Love the New Sky
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year78/100[1]
Metacritic79/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash8/10[4]
DIY[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
The Independent[7]
The Line of Best Fit8.5/10[8]
Louder Than War9/10[9]
MusicOMH[10]
NME[11]
The Observer[12]

Commerical performance

The album ranked at No.31 on the UK Albums Chart[14]

Critical reception

I Love the New Sky was met with "generally favourable" 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 79, based on 11 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 78 out off 100 based on 13 reviews.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tim Burgess.

I Love the New Sky track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Empathy For The Devil"4:20
2."Sweetheart Mercury"3:54
3."Comme D'Habitude"4:21
4."Sweet Old Sorry Me"3:45
5."The Warhol Me"5:35
6."Lucky Creatures"4:25
7."The Mall"4:39
8."Timothy"4:13
9."Only Took A Year"4:06
10."I Got This"4:13
11."Undertow"4:31
12."Laurie"4:56

Charts
Chart performance for I Love the New Sky
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[14]
31
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[16] 3
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References
  1. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. Murray, Robin (26 May 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. Harris, Nick. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  6. Sylvester, Daniel (21 May 2020). "Madchester Great Tim Burgess Channels the Past While Pushing Forward on 'I Love the New Sky'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  7. O'Connor, Roison (21 May 2020). "Tim Burgess, I Love the New Sky and Katie Von Schleicher, Consummation". The Independent. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. King, Ian (19 May 2020). "The permeating feeling on Tim Burgess' fifth solo outing is one of community and optimism". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. Grantham, Julia (21 May 2020). "Louder Than War Review". Louder Than War. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. Johnson, Steven (20 May 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. Beaumont, Mark (22 May 2020). "Tim Burgess – 'I Love The New Sky' review: cult-pop that should break the 'trending' bar in its own right". NME. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. Mackay, Emily (24 May 2020). "Tim Burgess: I Love the New Sky review – unabashedly uplifting". The Observer. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. Eede, Christian (12 February 2020). "Tim Burgess Announces New Album, 'I Love The New Sky'". The Quietus. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  14. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  15. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  16. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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