Ritual Union

{{Infobox album

| name = Ritual Union

| type = studio

| cover = Little Dragon - Ritual Union.png

| released = {{Start date|2011|7|21|df=yes}}

| recorded = 2007–2011

| genre = * Electropop{{cite web |last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |url=https://www.ft.com/content/edbf9eae-b18a-11e0-af96-00144feab49a |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union |work=Financial Times |date=23 July 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180812004807/https://www.ft.com/content/edbf9eae-b18a-11e0-af96-00144feab49a |archivedate=12 August 2018}}

synth-pop{{cite web |last=McNulty |first=Bernadette |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/16/little-dragon-season-high-review-overdue-day-pop-sun-high-sweet |title=Little Dragon: Season High review – an overdue day in pop's sun |work=The Observer |date=16 April 2017 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}{{cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Victor |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/little-dragon-at-grand-central-october-22-6384896 |title=Little Dragon at Grand Central October 22 |work=Miami New Times |date=20 October 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}
R&B

| length = {{duration|m=43|s=17}}

| label = Peacefrog

| producer = Little Dragon

| prev_title = Machine Dreams

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Nabuma Rubberband

| next_year = 2014

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Ritual Union

| type = studio

| single1 = Nightlight

| single1date = 12 April 2011

| single2 = Ritual Union

| single2date = 25 July 2011

| single3 = Little Man

| single3date = 31 October 2011

}}

Ritual Union is the third studio album by Swedish electronic music band Little Dragon. It was released initially on 21 July 2011 in the Netherlands on Century Media Records, then on a rolling release schedule from 22-29 July 2011 by Peacefrog Records. The album reached number 47 in the band's native Sweden, as well as number 28 on the UK Albums Chart and number 78 on the US Billboard 200. The album's second single, "Ritual Union", peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart. Ritual Union received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Cover art

The album cover consists of a montage of newly married couples. In an interview with website BrightestYoungThings, lead singer Yukimi Nagano said, "It's a bunch of pics of our parents and relatives so there's that obvious connection [the overt idea of marriage]. But it's basically one perspective on the whole 'Ritual Union' theme which is pretty ambiguous. It can represent a band, a marriage, humanity, the universe... what ever you feel connected to."{{cite web |last=Robert |first=Scott |url=https://brightestyoungthings.com/articles/byt-interviews-little-dragon |title=BYT INTERVIEWS: Little Dragon |website=BrightestYoungThings |date=27 October 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} Speaking to Canadian music magazine Exclaim!, drummer Erik Bodin elaborated on the album cover's concept:

We thought that we would break out from the paint world [of previous album covers] into the photographic world [...] Everything was done musically and we'd mastered mostly everything and we needed a cover ASAP. And we came up with the idea, why don't we just put wedding pictures of our parents and at first we thought that maybe that's just a little too obvious. But then, the way it looked, we started loving it, because it has this sort of... I don't know wedding pictures, they capture that weird expectation in life that you've made the right move, this is the beginning of something new. Sadly, most of those people are divorced. It's one of the many references to the ritual union. I think the wedding and those things are one thing of the ritual unions, but also I think we are also referring to music as a ritual union. Live performance is a ritual union, one of the few that still exists in the Western world. And yeah, we like it.{{cite web |last=Cowie |first=Del F. |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/little_dragon |title=Little Dragon |work=Exclaim! |date=3 August 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

Release and promotion

The band made their television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 21 March 2011, performing "Ritual Union".{{cite web |last=Young |first=Alex |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/last-night-little-dragon-takes-part-in-a-ritual-union-on-fallon/ |title=Last Night: Little Dragon takes part in a "Ritual Union" on Fallon |website=Consequence of Sound |date=22 March 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} "Nightlight" was released on 12 April 2011 as the album's lead single.{{cite web |url=http://us.7digital.com/artist/little-dragon/release/nightlite |title=NightLite (2011) {{!}} Little Dragon |website=7digital (US) |accessdate=12 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140621201749/http://us.7digital.com/artist/little-dragon/release/nightlite |archivedate=21 June 2014}} The title track was released as the album's second single on 25 July 2011.{{cite web |url=https://www.7digital.com/artist/little-dragon/release/ritual-union-3 |title=Ritual Union (2011) {{!}} Little Dragon |website=7digital (UK) |accessdate=12 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812194241/https://www.7digital.com/artist/little-dragon/release/ritual-union-3 |archivedate=12 August 2018 |url-status=live}} On the same day, an animated video for "When I Go Out", directed by Italian artist Emanuele Kabu, was released.{{cite web |last=Cole |first=Matt |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2011/07/video-little-dragon-when-i-go-out |title=Video: Little Dragon "When I Go Out" |work=Complex |date=25 July 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} The third and final single, "Little Man", was released on 31 October 2011.{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/little-man-remixes-ep/id477248047?l=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305221756/https://itunes.apple.com/se/album/little-man-remixes-ep/id477248047?l=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Little Man (Remixes) – EP by Little Dragon |website=iTunes Store (Sweden) |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

The song "Shuffle a Dream" was used in the fifth season premiere episode of Gossip Girl, "Yes, Then Zero", originally aired 26 September 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-5/episode-501 |title=Gossip Girl Music {{!}} Season 5 – Episode 1 |website=The CW |accessdate=6 October 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031072338/http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-5/episode-501 |archivedate=31 October 2011}} "Nightlight" was included on the soundtrack to the 2011 video game FIFA 12.{{cite web |last=Goodwyn |first=Tom |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kasabian-210-1278253 |title=Kasabian, The Strokes, The Vaccines for FIFA 12 soundtrack |work=NME |date=20 September 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} "Crystalfilm" was featured in the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows versions of Grand Theft Auto V.{{cite web |last=Goble |first=Corban |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/57496-grand-theft-auto-v-reveals-expanded-radio-station-tracklists-for-game-relaunch/ |title=Grand Theft Auto V Reveals Expanded Radio Station Tracklists for Game Relaunch |website=Pitchfork |date=17 November 2014 |accessdate=30 March 2015}}

"Seconds" was sampled by Eminem on the track "Normal" from 2018's Kamikaze.

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.2/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/3339/Little-Dragon-Ritual-Union.aspx |title=Ritual Union by Little Dragon reviews |website=AnyDecentMusic? |accessdate=28 December 2019}}

| MC = 78/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

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

| rev2 = The Daily Telegraph

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

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B+

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union |journal=Mojo |issue=213 |date=August 2011 |page=93}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = 7/10

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 6.7/10

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = 7/10

}}

Ritual Union received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 30 reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/ritual-union/little-dragon |title=Reviews for Ritual Union by Little Dragon |website=Metacritic |accessdate=12 August 2018}} The Daily Telegraph{{'}}s Andrew Perry described the album as a "spellbinding collection of digital exotica", concluding, "Though consistently ground-breaking and lyrically challenging, Ritual Union never feels like hard work."{{cite web |last=Perry |first=Andrew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8651965/Little-Dragon-Ritual-Union-CD-review.html |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union, CD review |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011}} Slant Magazine{{'}}s Kevin Liedel noted that the band "often places rhythm and texture at the forefront of their songs, but as on Machine Dreams, gifted lead singer Yukimi Nagano continues to be the greatest facet of the band's style-spanning sound—a husky, beguiling force that seamlessly swaps power and sexuality for aloofness and anguish from track to track".{{cite web |last=Liedel |first=Kevin |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/little-dragon-ritual-union |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union |website=Slant Magazine |date=21 July 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} Will Hermes of Rolling Stone stated that the album "hits a sweet spot between the futuristic soul of their debut and the synth pop of 2009's Machine Dreams".{{cite magazine |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/ritual-union-109516/ |title=Ritual Union |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} Joe Lynch of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Straddling the line between slinky funk and outsider electronica, [Ritual Union] is full of pheromone-drenched surprises: It's ambient R&B for restless nights."{{cite magazine |last1=Wete |first1=Brad |last2=Wood |first2=Mikael |last3=Anderson |first3=Kyle |last4=Lynch |first4=Joe |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/07/22/albums-july-29-2011/ |title=Albums: July 29, 2011 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}} Andy Kellman of AllMusic opined that while Ritual Union "represents a fusion and refinement of the group's first two albums", the group "puts some twists on its sound, and Yukimi Nagano's lyrical thorns, typically concealed by her subtle approach [...] are sharper than ever".{{cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ritual-union-mw0002164879 |title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon |website=AllMusic |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

Maddy Costa of The Guardian commented that Nagano's "impassioned vocals suffuse each song with emotion", adding that "as the album withdraws from the dancefloor to the lonelier darkness of 'Summertearz' and 'Seconds', Nagano lures you to follow".{{cite web |last=Costa |first=Maddy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jul/14/little-dragons-ritual-union-review |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union – review |work=The Guardian |date=14 July 2011 |accessdate=16 December 2016}} Reef Younis of Clash wrote, "Straightaway Yukimi Nagano's husky-yet-girlish vocal weaves amidst the shape-shifting backdrops of minimal funk, dreamy pop and electro soul, and you're mesmerised."{{cite web |last=Younis |first=Reef |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/little-dragon-ritual-union |title=Little Dragon – 'Ritual Union' |work=Clash |date=25 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011}} The Independent{{'}}s Andy Gill complimented Nagano's "bewitching" vocals and stated she is "surely destined to become one of the voices of the year, while her accomplices' subtle confections of minimal electro throbs and stripped-back beats has an alluring simplicity that's like a refreshing, palate-cleansing sorbet".{{cite web |last=Gill |first=Andy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-little-dragon-ritual-union-peace-frog-2318174.html |title=Album: Little Dragon, Ritual Union (Peace Frog) |work=The Independent |date=22 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111195310/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-little-dragon-ritual-union-peace-frog-2318174.html |archivedate=11 November 2012}} Marc Hogan of Spin praised the album as "another slab of great Scandinavian pop" and expressed that it "deepens the group's down-tempo mix of icy techno and smoldering R&B".{{cite web |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/little-dragon-ritual-union-emi |title=Little Dragon, 'Ritual Union' (EMI) |work=Spin |date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810055435/http://www.spin.com/reviews/little-dragon-ritual-union-emi |archivedate=10 August 2011}} At NME, Dan Martin viewed Ritual Union as "a conflicted, confusing album that's as infuriating as it is intermittently enchanting", adding that "on this lovely little patchwork pop record, there's enough going on to make you actually quite scared of what they'd come up with if they had a budget".{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Dan |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/little-dragon/12205 |title=Album Review: Little Dragon – 'Ritual Union' |work=NME |date=12 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022141900/http://www.nme.com/reviews/little-dragon/12205 |archivedate=22 October 2012}} Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork felt that "[t]he problem with Ritual Union is that even though every song on the album is built on the foundation of some very good musical ideas and at least one engaging hook, the material nevertheless seems rather under-written [...] This doesn't diminish the charm of the music, per se, but it can be very frustrating to hear songs right on the precipice of greatness".{{cite web |last=Perpetua |first=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15672-ritual-union/ |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union |website=Pitchfork |date=26 July 2011 |accessdate=28 July 2011}}

=Accolades=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"\| Publication ! scope="col"\| Accolade ! scope="col"\| Rank ! scope="col" class="unsortable"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\| Beats Per Minute \| {{sortname\|The\|Top 50 Albums of 2011\|nolink=1}} \| align="center"\| 45 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://beatsperminute.com/features/the-top-50-albums-of-2011/ \|title=The Top 50 Albums of 2011 \|website=Beats Per Minute \|date=15 December 2011 \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| Clash \| {{sortname\|The\|Top 40 Albums of 2011\|nolink=1}} \| align="center"\| 31 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-top-40-albums-of-2011-40-31 \|title=The Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 40 – 31 \|work=Clash \|date=2 December 2011 \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| musicOMH \| Top 50 Albums of 2011 \| align="center"\| 15 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-50-albums-of-2011-20-11 \|title=musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2011: 20–11 \|website=musicOMH \|date=8 December 2011 \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| Rolling Stone \| 50 Best Albums of 2011 \| align="center"\| 41 \| align="center"\| {{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-of-2011-154391/little-dragon-ritual-union-170801/ \|title=50 Best Albums of 2011: Little Dragon, 'Ritual Union' \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|date=7 December 2011 \|accessdate=13 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| Uncut \| Top 50 Albums of 2011 \| align="center"\| 37 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/uncut-s-top-50-of-2011-one-year-on-27084 \|title=Uncut's Top 50 of 2011; One Year On… \|work=Uncut \|date=10 January 2013 \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}

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scope="col"| Publication

! scope="col"| Accolade

! scope="col"| Rank

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Beats Per Minute

| {{sortname|The|Top 50 Albums of 2011|nolink=1}}

| align="center"| 45

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://beatsperminute.com/features/the-top-50-albums-of-2011/ |title=The Top 50 Albums of 2011 |website=Beats Per Minute |date=15 December 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

scope="row"| Clash

| {{sortname|The|Top 40 Albums of 2011|nolink=1}}

| align="center"| 31

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-top-40-albums-of-2011-40-31 |title=The Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 40 – 31 |work=Clash |date=2 December 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

scope="row"| musicOMH

| Top 50 Albums of 2011

| align="center"| 15

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/features/lists/musicomhs-top-50-albums-of-2011-20-11 |title=musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2011: 20–11 |website=musicOMH |date=8 December 2011 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

scope="row"| Rolling Stone

| 50 Best Albums of 2011

| align="center"| 41

| align="center"| {{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-best-albums-of-2011-154391/little-dragon-ritual-union-170801/ |title=50 Best Albums of 2011: Little Dragon, 'Ritual Union' |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=7 December 2011 |accessdate=13 August 2018}}

scope="row"| Uncut

| Top 50 Albums of 2011

| align="center"| 37

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/wild-mercury-sound/uncut-s-top-50-of-2011-one-year-on-27084 |title=Uncut's Top 50 of 2011; One Year On… |work=Uncut |date=10 January 2013 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Little Dragon

| title1 = Ritual Union

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = Little Man

| length2 = 2:41

| title3 = Brush the Heat

| length3 = 4:10

| title4 = Shuffle a Dream

| length4 = 2:58

| title5 = Please Turn

| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = Crystalfilm

| length6 = 4:49

| title7 = Precious

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = Nightlight

| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Summertearz

| length9 = 3:50

| title10 = When I Go Out

| length10 = 5:59

| title11 = Seconds

| length11 = 4:30

}}

Charts

scope="col"\| Chart (2011) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="row"\| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web \|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm \|title=Chartifacts – Week Commencing: 8th August 2011 \|website=ARIA Charts \|date=8 August 2011 \|accessdate=9 August 2011 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820180357/http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm \|url-status=dead \|archivedate=20 August 2011}} \| 91
{{album chart\|Scotland\|61\|date=20110731\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|47\|artist=Little Dragon\|album=Ritual Union\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=28 August 2011}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|22\|date=20110731\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
{{album chart\|UKIndependent\|5\|date=20110731\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|78\|artist=Little Dragon\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
{{album chart\|BillboardIndependent\|12\|artist=Little Dragon\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
{{album chart\|BillboardDanceElectronic\|4\|artist=Little Dragon\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=12 August 2018}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Label ! scope="col"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\| Netherlands \| 21 July 2011 \| Century Media \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.freerecordshop.nl/music/ritual-union-5060100743332 \|title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon \|website=Free Record Shop \|language=Dutch \|accessdate=13 August 2011 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928183208/http://www.freerecordshop.nl/music/ritual-union-5060100743332 \|archivedate=28 September 2011}}
scope="row"\| Germany \| rowspan="2"\| 22 July 2011 \| rowspan="6"\| Peacefrog \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.amazon.de/Ritual-Union-Little-Dragon/dp/B004W2MF6E \|title=Ritual Union: Little Dragon \|website=Amazon (Germany) \|language=German \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| Ireland \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/Little_Dragon_Ritual_Union/522659 \|title=Little Dragon – Ritual Union \|website=Tower Records Ireland \|accessdate=13 August 2011}}
scope="row"\| United Kingdom \| 25 July 2011 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=125307 \|title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union \|website=HMV \|accessdate=13 August 2011 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012030448/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=125307 \|archivedate=12 October 2012}}
scope="row"\| United States \| 26 July 2011 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ritual-Union-Little-Dragon/dp/B004W2MF6E \|title=Ritual Union: Little Dragon \|website=Amazon (US) \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}
scope="row"\| Sweden \| 27 July 2011 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=http://cdon.se/musik/little_dragon/ritual_union-14735497 \|title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon \|publisher=CDON.com (Sweden) \|language=Swedish \|accessdate=13 August 2011}}
scope="row"\| Australia \| 29 July 2011 \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/ritual-union/652155 \|title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon \|website=JB Hi-Fi \|accessdate=13 August 2011 \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023051839/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/ritual-union/652155 \|archivedate=23 October 2012}}
scope="row"\| France \| 5 September 2011 \| EMI \| align="center"\| {{cite web \|url=https://musique.fnac.com/a3669618/Little-Dragon-Ritual-union-CD-album \|title=Ritual union – Little Dragon – CD album \|website=Fnac \|language=French \|accessdate=12 August 2018}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Netherlands

| 21 July 2011

| Century Media

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://www.freerecordshop.nl/music/ritual-union-5060100743332 |title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon |website=Free Record Shop |language=Dutch |accessdate=13 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928183208/http://www.freerecordshop.nl/music/ritual-union-5060100743332 |archivedate=28 September 2011}}

scope="row"| Germany

| rowspan="2"| 22 July 2011

| rowspan="6"| Peacefrog

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.de/Ritual-Union-Little-Dragon/dp/B004W2MF6E |title=Ritual Union: Little Dragon |website=Amazon (Germany) |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

scope="row"| Ireland

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://www.towerrecords.ie/product/Little_Dragon_Ritual_Union/522659 |title=Little Dragon – Ritual Union |website=Tower Records Ireland |accessdate=13 August 2011}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| 25 July 2011

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=125307 |title=Little Dragon: Ritual Union |website=HMV |accessdate=13 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012030448/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;1;-1;-1;-1&sku=125307 |archivedate=12 October 2012}}

scope="row"| United States

| 26 July 2011

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Ritual-Union-Little-Dragon/dp/B004W2MF6E |title=Ritual Union: Little Dragon |website=Amazon (US) |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

scope="row"| Sweden

| 27 July 2011

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://cdon.se/musik/little_dragon/ritual_union-14735497 |title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon |publisher=CDON.com (Sweden) |language=Swedish |accessdate=13 August 2011}}

scope="row"| Australia

| 29 July 2011

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/ritual-union/652155 |title=Ritual Union – Little Dragon |website=JB Hi-Fi |accessdate=13 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023051839/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/ritual-union/652155 |archivedate=23 October 2012}}

scope="row"| France

| 5 September 2011

| EMI

| align="center"| {{cite web |url=https://musique.fnac.com/a3669618/Little-Dragon-Ritual-union-CD-album |title=Ritual union – Little Dragon – CD album |website=Fnac |language=French |accessdate=12 August 2018}}

References

Category:2011 albums

Category:Little Dragon albums

Category:Peacefrog Records albums

Category:Electropop albums