''Time's Arrow'' is the seventh studio album by English electronic music band

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. It was released on 20 January 2023, via the label

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Singles

''Time's Arrow'' was supported by three singles. The first single, "City of Angels" was released on 14 October 2022. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Manuel Nogueira that was released on 26 October. "Misery Remember Me" was the second single and was released on 11 November 2022. The third single, "Faces" was released on 5 December 2022, and accompanied by a music video released on 17 January 2023.

Critical reception

The music review website ''

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'' gave ''Time's Arrow'' a rating of 6.9 and described it as "capturing the passage of time in effervescent synths and impressionistic lyrics."

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned the album a score of 77 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Thomas Frenken of ''Electro Zombies'' gave the album 3.4 stars out of 5 in a 25 January 2023 review.

Track listing

Charts

References

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