''Для = FOR'' is a 2018
studio album
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by Russian
pop music
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ian
Kate NV.
Reception
''Для = FOR'' received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator
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. It has a
weighted average
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score of 86 out of 100, based on five reviews.
Writing for ''
Drowned in Sound'', Max Pilley rated this release a 6 out of 10, praising individual tracks as well as
Kate NV's live show, but writing that on this album "she retreats into a netherworld of amorphous, electronic filler, ruling herself out not just from crossover success but from most discerning interest".
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''s Kevin Lozano rated ''Для = FOR'' an 8.1 out of 10, calling the music "surreal, otherworldly, and playfully inscrutable", with an "almost a painterly way to how
ate NVorganizes sound".
Adriane Pontecorvo of ''
PopMatters
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'' rated this album a 7 out of 10, writing "Kate NV paints with weighty droplets, globs of synthesizer notes that evoke vintage ''Sesame Street'' segments and dilapidated music boxes even as their minimalism gives them a purely modern quality" and "it takes a close and discerning listen to pull apart the ways in which ''для FOR'' shows Kate NV's genius, but the time spent to do so is worthwhile".
In ''
Resident Advisor
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'', Paul Clarke characterizes this release as a "colourful world of marimbas, chimes and synths from an inventive Russian artist", writing that these "tracks bustle with so much life, and so many details, that they seem like animated vignettes".
Track listing
All songs written by
Kate Shilonosova, except lyrics on "Вас = YOU" adapted from a poem by
Wassily Kandinsky
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#"Ухо = EAR" – 4:49
#"Два = TWO" – 1:37
#"Дуб = OAK" – 4:00
#"Как = HOW" – 4:27
#"Вас = YOU" – 3:46
#"Раз = ONE" – 2:50
#"Жук = BUG" – 4:16
#"Зря = SEE" – 4:59
#"Пес = DOG" – 3:28
#"Кто = WHO" – 3:11
Bonus track on Japanese edition
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"Дуб = Oak" (食品まつり A.k.a Foodman Remix) – 3:16
Personnel
* Kate NV – instrumentation, vocals
*Rachel Alina – mastering
*Yusuke Tatewaki – liner notes on the Japanese edition
*Will Work for Good – design
See also
*List of 2018 albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2018. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received signifi ...
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2018 albums
Kate NV albums
RVNG Intl. albums