Konkylie

Konkylie is the second studio album by Danish electropop band When Saints Go Machine. It was released on 6 June 2011 by Studio !K7.[8]

Konkylie
Studio album by
When Saints Go Machine
Released6 June 2011 (2011-06-06)
Length38:31
LabelStudio !K7
When Saints Go Machine chronology
Ten Makes a Face
(2008)		 Konkylie
(2011)		 Infinity Pool
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Drowned in Sound8/10[3]
DIY[4]
MusicOMH[5]
PopMatters7/10[6]
Prefix Mag6.5/10[7]

Critical reception

Konkylie was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74 based on 9 reviews.[1]

In a review for Drowned in Sound, critic reviewer John Brainlove wrote: "Konkylie is an impressive, accomplished collection of songs from a band coming into their own. They've succeeded in accomplishing what all so many artists strive for: cleanly synthesising their feelings and thoughts into sound."[3] At MusicOMH, Ben Edgell said: "Konkylie is a vibrant, often intense, mix of house and pop, infused, wonderfully, with both a spiritual glow and a dark clubland soul."[5]

Accolades
Publications' year-end list appearances for Konkylie
Critic/Publication List Rank Ref
Clash Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2011 39 [9]
Drowned in Sound Drowned in Sound's Top 75 Albums of 2011 6 [10]
The Line of Best Fit The Line of Best Fit's Top 50 Albums of 2011 6 [11]

Track listing
Konkylie track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Konkylie"4:10
2."Church and Law"4:51
3."Parix"3:31
4."Chestnut"3:33
5."The Same Scissors"4:02
6."Jets"3:12
7."Kelly"3:37
8."On the Move"3:20
9."Whoever Made You Stand So Still"2:59
10."Add Ends"5:16

Charts
Chart performance for Konkylie
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[12] 2

References
  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. Brainlove, John (7 July 2011). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  4. Oliver, Huw. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. Edgell, Ben (6 June 2011). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  6. Langhoff, Josh (23 August 2011). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  7. Lemmon, Kyle (1 September 2011). "Prefix Review". Prefix Mag. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  8. "When Saints Go Machine Unveil New Album". DIY. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  9. "The Top 40 Albums of 2011". Clash. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  10. Adams, Sean (15 December 2011). "Drowned in Sound's Albums of the Year 2011". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  11. "The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011". The Line of Best Fit. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  12. "Danishcharts.dk – When Saints Go Machine – Konkylie". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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