Creatures of an Hour
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{{Infobox album
| name = Creatures of an Hour
| type = studio
| artist = Still Corners
| cover = Creatures of an Hour album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 11 October 2011
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 31:50
| label = Sub Pop
| producer = Greg Hughes
| prev_title = Remember Pepper?
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Strange Pleasures
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2294356|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2Score = (6.5/10) {{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15894-still-corners-creatures-of-an-hour/ |title=Pitchfork review|website=Pitchfork}}
| rev3 = NME
| rev3Score = (8/10) {{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/still-corners/12350 |title=NME review|website=NME|date=7 October 2011 }}
| rev4 = Drowned in Sound
| rev4Score = (8/10) {{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16539/reviews/4143672 |title=Drowned in Sound review |access-date=2014-07-15 |archive-date=2014-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720111145/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16539/reviews/4143672 |url-status=dead }}
| rev5 = musicOMH
| rev5Score = (9/10) {{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/still-corners-creatures-of-an-hour |title=music OMH review|date=9 October 2011 }}
| rev6 = Clash
| rev6Score = (8/10) {{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/still-corners-creatures-of-an-hour |title=Clash review|date=27 September 2011 }}
}}
Creatures of an Hour is the debut studio album by London-based dream pop band Still Corners, released 11 October 2011 by US label Sub Pop.{{cite web |url=http://www.subpop.com/releases/still_corners/full_lengths/creatures_of_an_hour |title=Sub Pop Records : Still Corners : Creatures of an Hour |website=www.subpop.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627235513/http://www.subpop.com/releases/still_corners/full_lengths/creatures_of_an_hour |archive-date=2011-06-27}} The album received favorable reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/creatures-of-an-hour |title=Creatures of an Hour Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-09}}
Track listing
All tracks written by Greg Hughes:
{{Track listing
|title1 = Cuckoo
|length1 = 3:09
|title2 = Circulars
|length2 = 2:05
|title3 = Endless Summer
|length3 = 3:17
|title4 = Into the Trees
|length4 = 4:00
|title5 = The White Season
|length5 = 2:53
|title6 = I Wrote in Blood
|length6 = 4:10
|title7 = The Twilight Hour
|length7 = 3:33
|title8 = Velveteen
|length8 = 2:37
|title9 = Demons
|length9 = 2:14
|title10 = Submarine
|length10 = 4:07
}}
==Reception==
The music review website Pitchfork gave the album a score of 6.5 out of 10 and described it as "a cohesive statement of the band's nouvelle-vague-nodding retro-cool."{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15894-still-corners-creatures-of-an-hour/ |title=Creatures of an Hour |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=2011-10-20 |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Conde Nast |access-date=2023-02-28 |quote=}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the album a score of 78 out of 100, based on 13 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/creatures-of-an-hour/still-corners |title=Creatures of an Hour by Still Corners |last= |first= |date=2011-10-11 |website=Metacritic |publisher= |access-date=2023-02-28 |quote=}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.subpop.com/releases/still_corners/full_lengths/creatures_of_an_hour Still Corners on Subpop.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627235513/http://www.subpop.com/releases/still_corners/full_lengths/creatures_of_an_hour |date=27 June 2011 }}
- [http://stillcorners.tumblr.com/ Still Corners]
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