The Slow Rush

The Slow Rush is the fourth studio album by Australian musical project Tame Impala, released on 14 February 2020.[11][12] It follows the 2015 album Currents and the 2019 singles "Patience" and "Borderline",[13] with the latter serving as the first single from the album.[11]

The Slow Rush
Studio album by
Tame Impala
Released14 February 2020
Studio
Genre
Length57:16
Label
ProducerKevin Parker
Tame Impala chronology
Currents
(2015)		 The Slow Rush
(2020)
Singles from The Slow Rush
  1. "Borderline"
    Released: 12 April 2019
  2. "It Might Be Time"
    Released: 28 October 2019
  3. "Posthumous Forgiveness"
    Released: 3 December 2019
  4. "Lost in Yesterday"
    Released: 8 January 2020
  5. "Breathe Deeper"
    Released: 14 February 2020[8]
  6. "Is It True"
    Released: 7 August 2020[9][10]

Background

After releasing the singles "Patience" and "Borderline" in March and April 2019, the album's release was delayed. "Patience" and "Borderline" were first performed live on Saturday Night Live on 28 March 2019 and received commercial praise.[14] Kevin Parker stated in July 2019 that "Part of the thing about me starting an album is that I have to feel kind of worthless again to want to make music".[15] In October 2019, a video appeared on the band's website, and on 25 October, the video was extended to announce the title of the album and release year.[15] The video features Parker in the recording studio as well as snippets of unreleased music, which would later be included on the album as segments of the track "Tomorrow's Dust".[16] On 18 December 2019, Parker revealed in an interview with Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1's Future Sounds show that "Borderline" would appear on the album in a reworked updated form, jokingly referring to the single release as the "old 'Borderline'" upon the release of the album.

After the release of the album, all 12 tracks charted on the US Rock charts with peak numbers ranging from 2 to 17.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.6/10[17]
Metacritic79/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[19]
The A.V. ClubC+[20]
The Daily Telegraph[4]
Exclaim!6/10[21]
The Guardian[22]
The Independent[23]
NME[24]
Pitchfork8.0/10[25]
Q[26]
Rolling Stone[27]

The Slow Rush was met with positive reviews from listeners and music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 79, based on 30 reviews.[18] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. Jillian Mapes of Pitchfork wrote that "The Slow Rush is an extraordinarily detailed opus whose influences reach into specific corners of the past six decades, from Philly soul and early prog to acid house, adult-contemporary R&B, and Late Registration."[28][17] Writing for The A.V. Club, Max Freedman gave the album a C+ and wrote that it "isn't quite as interesting as its predecessors in terms of songwriting and production, and this gap makes Parker's lyrical weaknesses more challenging to ignore".[20]

Accolades
Accolades for The Slow Rush
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Billboard Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year N/A
[29]
Complex Complex's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
2
[30]
Stereogum Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
34
[31]
Variety Variety's Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year N/A
[32]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Parker.

Track listing for The Slow Rush
No.TitleLength
1."One More Year"5:22
2."Instant Destiny"3:13
3."Borderline"3:57
4."Posthumous Forgiveness"6:05
5."Breathe Deeper"6:13
6."Tomorrow’s Dust"5:25
7."On Track"5:00
8."Lost in Yesterday"4:09
9."Is It True"3:58
10."It Might Be Time"4:33
11."Glimmer"2:08
12."One More Hour"7:13
Total length:57:16

Personnel

Tame Impala

  • Kevin Parker – songwriting, performance, production, mixing, art concept

Technical

  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Steve Fallone – mastering
  • Glen Goetze – co-executive production

Artwork

  • Neil Krug – photography, design, art concept

Charts
Sales chart performance for The Slow Rush
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[33] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[34] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[35] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[36] 6
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[37] 3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[38] 7
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[39] 2
Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40)[40] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[41] 12
French Albums (SNEP)[42] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[43] 7
Irish Albums (OCC)[44] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[45] 20
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[46] 62
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[47] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[48] 5
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[49] 37
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[50] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[51] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[52] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[53] 8
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[54] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[55] 3
US Billboard 200[56] 3
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[57] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[58] 1
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