Mind Bokeh is a studio album by British electronic musician Bibio , released on Warp . It was released on 29 March 2011 in the United States and 4 April 2011 in the rest of the world.[ 13] Bibio described the album as a "balance of the familiar and the non-familiar".[ 14] The title comes from a Japanese word "Bokeh", which means the blurry, out-of-focus part of a photograph.[ 13]
At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[ 2]
Clash named it the 24th best album of 2011.[ 15]
All tracks are written by Stephen James Wilkinson
Title 1. "Excuses" 5:58 2. "Pretentious" 6:02 3. "Anything New" 4:07 4. "Wake Up!" 3:25 5. "Light Seep" 3:53 6. "Take Off Your Shirt" 4:04 7. "Artists' Valley" 6:00 8. "K Is for Kelson" 3:28 9. "Mind Bokeh" 2:33 10. "More Excuses" 4:27 11. "Feminine Eye" 1:50 12. "Saint Christopher" 6:34 Total length: 52:21
Japanese edition bonus track Title 13. "Vertical Helical Stan" 2:24 Total length: 54:45
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^ Clarke, Paul (2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh - Review" . BBC Music . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Younis, Reef (4 April 2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh" . Clash . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Hogwood, Ben (4 April 2011). "Bibio – Mind Bokeh" . MusicOMH . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Richardson, Mark (1 April 2017). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Lambert, Joe (6 April 2011). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh" . PopMatters . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Dix, Michael (5 April 2011). "Bibio - Mind Bokeh" . Resident Advisor . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Shukla, Mark (2 March 2011). "Bibio – Mind Bokeh" . The Skinny . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ Liedel, Kevin (25 March 2011). "Bibio: Mind Bokeh" . Slant Magazine . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ RS, Nick. "Bibio - Mind Bokeh" . Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ a b Breihan, Tom (13 January 2011). "Bibio Announces New Album" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ "New album Mind Bokeh - listen to sampler and read details" . Warp . 12 January 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ "The Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 30 - 21" . Clash . 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ "Bibio - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved 17 April 2017 .
^ "CHART: CLUK Update 16.04.2011 (wk13)" . Zobbel.de . 16 April 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012 .
^ "2011-04-16 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive" . Official Charts Company . 16 April 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012 .