Language & Perspective
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{{Infobox album
| name = Language & Perspective
| type = album
| artist = Bad Suns
| cover = BadSuns LanguageAndPerspective.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2014|06|24}}
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=32}}
| label = Vagrant
| producer = Eric Palmquist
| prev_title = Transpose EP
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Disappear Here
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Language & Perspective
| type = studio
| single1 = Cardiac Arrest
| single1date = November 11, 2013{{cite web |author1=Bad Suns |title=Cardiac Arrest - Single by Bad Suns |url=https://soundcloud.com/badsuns/sets/cardiac-arrest-single |website=SoundCloud |access-date=March 18, 2021 |date=November 11, 2013}}
| single2 = Salt
| single2date = December 12, 2013{{cite web |author1=Bad Suns |title=Salt - Single by Bad Suns |url=https://soundcloud.com/badsuns/sets/salt-single |website=SoundCloud |access-date=March 18, 2021 |date=December 12, 2013}}
| single3 = Transpose
| single3date = January 21, 2014 (EP){{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Rebecca |title=Band crush: Bad Suns |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/bad-suns-transpose |website=Nylon |access-date=February 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414102958/https://www.nylon.com/articles/bad-suns-transpose |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=live}}
| single4 = We Move Like the Ocean
| single4date = June 3, 2014{{cite web |last1=Elloway |first1=Andi |title=LISTEN: Bad Suns Share New Track 'We Move Like the Ocean' |url=https://variancemagazine.com/sounds/2593-bad-suns-we-move-like-the-ocean |website=Variance |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807212043/https://variancemagazine.com/sounds/2593-bad-suns-we-move-like-the-ocean |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |date=June 3, 2014}}
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Language & Perspective is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Bad Suns. The album was recorded with Eric Palmquist in Los Angeles, California, in 2013 and was released on June 24, 2014 by Vagrant Records.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/language-perspective-mw0002679017|title=Language & Perspective – Bad Suns|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=9 September 2016|last=Thomas|first=Fred}}
| rev2 = Earmilk
| rev2Score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|url=http://earmilk.com/album-reviews/205861/bad-suns/language-perspective/|title=Album review: Bad Suns - Language & Perspective|publisher=Earmilk|accessdate=9 September 2016|last=Murphy|first=Anna|author-link=}}
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Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included Language & Perspective on their list of 2014's best releases, calling it "a rare indie release with little excess amongst its singles".{{cite web |last=Goodman; Kristobak |first=Jessica; Ryan |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/15/best-albums-2014_n_6326402.html |title=The 23 Best Albums of 2014 |work=The Huffington Post |date=15 December 2014 |accessdate=15 December 2014}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = Christo Bowman and Bad Suns
| total_length = 37:32
| title1 = Matthew James
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = We Move Like the Ocean
| length2 = 3:09
| title3 = Cardiac Arrest
| length3 = 3:03
| title4 = Pretend
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Take My Love and Run
| length5 = 3:09
| title6 = Dancing on Quicksand
| length6 = 3:46
| title7 = Salt
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Transpose
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = Learn to Trust
| length9 = 3:34
| title10 = Sleep Paralysis
| length10 = 3:07
| title11 = Rearview
| length11 = 3:06
}}
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|24|artist=Bad Suns|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 27, 2016}} |
Personnel
Bad Suns
- Gavin Bennett – bass
- Christo Bowman – composer, guitar, vocals
- Ray Libby – guitar
- Miles Morris – drums
Additional Personnel
- Eric Palmquist - keys, programming, production, recording & mixing
- John Greenham - mastering
- Michael Garza - assistant engineering
- C.M. Rodriguez - assistant engineering
- Ozzy Carmona - assistant engineering
- Neil Wogensen - assistant engineering
References
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