''Logos'' is the second studio album from ambient experimental project

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. It was released on October 19, 2009, in Europe by

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, and on October 20 in the US by Kranky. The album features guest contributions from

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(a.k.a. Panda Bear of

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) and

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. Units ordered directly from

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came packaged with a bonus six-song EP of leftover material. The album reached #7 on the

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Heatseekers album chart. The cover art is an image of Bradford Cox, who has

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, and is inspired by the artwork of his previous release.

Background

An unmastered and unfinished version of ''Logos'' was accidentally leaked in 2008 by frontman Bradford Cox via his own

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account. The incident caused an outrage from Cox, who posted on his blog that he felt what was leaked was simply a "sketch" of what he intended to be the final product, and was not meant to be released publicly. He almost abandoned the project, but continued to work on the album shortly after the incident. A leak of the finalized version of the album surfaced on September 1, 2009. The album's first single "Walkabout" was made available for streaming and download on 4AD's website. A music video was also produced for the song "Quick Canal." The video was directed by Flitz Vladich, and premiered on 4AD's website on October 19, 2009.4AD - News - Logos released this week

Reception

''Logos'' received positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 26 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Track listing

# "The Light That Failed" – 4:47 # "An Orchid" – 3:05 # "

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" (featuring

) – 3:58 # "Criminals" – 2:55 # "Attic Lights" – 3:44 (featuring Sasha Vine) # "Shelia" – 3:32 # "Quick Canal" (featuring

) – 8:38 # "My Halo" – 3:16 # "Kid Klimax" – 2:59 # "Washington School" – 3:25 # "Logos" – 3:28 # "Difference BT" - 5:12 (Japan Bonus Track) # "St. Echo" - 3:16 (Japan Bonus Track) # "Eros" - 4:30 (Japan Bonus Track) # "Thanatos" - 1:26 (Japan Bonus Track)

Rough Trade EP

# "Ruben" (Traditional) – 3:23 # "Criminals" (Electronic) – 3:03 # "Kid Klimax" (Acoustic) – 4:33 # "Reminder" – 4:37 # "I Know I Will Escape" – 4:24 # "Nightwork" – 4:03

External links

Logos Press Release Note

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Logos (Album) 2009 albums Bradford Cox albums 4AD albums