Glow (Tensnake album)

The album's lead single "58 BPM" features vocals by Fiora. It was released in the United States through his label True Romance on 27 August 2013,{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/06/05/disco-devotee-tensnake-launches-new-label-true-romance/|title=Disco devotee Tensnake launches new label, True Romance|publisher=Fact|date=2013-06-05}} but served as the B-side to "See Right Through" in Europe.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/see-right-through-feat-fiora/702771939|title=See Right Through (feat. Fiora) by Tensnake|publisher=iTunes Store|date=2013-09-16}} An official video to accompany the song was released. The second single from the album, "See Right Through", was released in the United Kingdom on 16 September. Later, a free download of the track "No Relief" was released on Tensnake's SoundCloud page. "Love Sublime" featuring Nile Rodgers and Fiora was released as the album's third single on 28 January 2014 in the United States{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-sublime-feat.-nile-rodgers/id797891804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726224838/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-sublime-feat.-nile-rodgers/id797891804|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 July 2014|title=Love Sublime (feat. Nile Rodgers & Fiora) by Tensnake|publisher=iTunes Store|date=2014-01-28}} and alongside remixes in the United Kingdom on 9 March 2014.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/love-sublime-feat-nile-rodgers/803112142|title=Love Sublime (feat. Nile Rodgers & Fiora) by Tensnake|publisher=iTunes Store|date=2014-03-09}} "Love Sublime" also appears in the soundtrack of the 2014 video game Forza Horizon 2. While not a single, the song "Pressure" featuring Thabo is on the soundtrack of FIFA 15.

The artwork for Glow was created by Australian art director and album artist Leif Podhajsky.{{Cite web |url=http://leifpodhajsky.com/Tensnake-Glow |title=Tensnake - Glow - Leif Podhajský |access-date=14 December 2014 |archive-date=19 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219133013/http://leifpodhajsky.com/Tensnake-Glow |url-status=dead }}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 65/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 = The Irish Times

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev3 = Metro

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/03/07/glow-by-tensnake-is-promising-but-still-needs-more-flow-4444115/|title=Glow by Tensnake is promising but still needs more flow|publisher=Metro|author=Haider, Arwa|date=2014-03-07}}

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Upon its release, Glow was met with positive-to-mixed reviews from music critics. Jim Carroll of The Irish Times gave the album three out of five stars, commenting that "finely tuned pop sensibilities and a winning fondness for {{sic|irresis|table|expected=irresistible}} hooks are also part of [Tensnake's] make-up". Metro's Arwa Haider also gave the album three stars, praising "First Song" for being "luscious" and describing frequent collaborator Fiora as "vivacious" and "a regular highlight". However, Haider criticised the album's mixture of genres, saying "Glow doesn’t always flow, however, and Tensnake seems to tussle with exactly what kind of album he wants this to be".

{{track listing

| title1 = First Song

| note1 = featuring MNEK

| length1 = 2:31

| title2 = Love Sublime

| note2 = featuring Nile Rodgers and Fiora

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = Pressure

| note3 = featuring Thabo

| length3 = 2:54

| title4 = Feel of Love

| note4 = with Jacques Lu Cont featuring Jamie Lidell

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = No Colour

| length5 = 3:22

| title6 = Ten Minutes

| length6 = 1:00

| title7 = Kill the Time

| note7 = featuring Fiora

| length7 = 3:53

| title8 = Selfish

| note8 = featuring Jeremy Glynn

| length8 = 3:15

| title9 = Good Enough to Keep

| note9 = featuring Nile Rodgers and Fiora

| length9 = 3:27

| title10 = Holla

| length10 = 3:09

| title11 = Listen Everybody

| note11 = featuring Fiora

| length11 = 1:38

| title12 = See Right Through

| note12 = featuring Fiora

| length12 = 4:28

| title13 = No Relief

| note13 = featuring Fiora

| length13 = 6:40

| title14 = Things Left to Say

| length14 = 4:13

| title15 = 58 BPM

| note15 = featuring Fiora

| length15 = 4:57

| title16 = Last Song

| length16 = 4:21

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{{track listing

| headline = Digital bonus track

| title17 = Love Sublime

| note17 = featuring Nile Rodgers and Fiora) (Duke Dumont Remix

| length17 = 7:04

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