Perfect Shapes

Perfect Shapes is the second studio album by American indie rock musician Madeline Kenney. It was released on October 5, 2018 under Carpark Records.[3]

Perfect Shapes
Studio album by
Madeline Kenney
ReleasedOctober 5, 2018 (2018-10-05)
RecordedJanuary 2018
Genre
Length37:34
Madeline Kenney chronology
Night Night at the First Landing
(2017)		 Perfect Shapes
(2018)		 Sucker's Lunch
(2020)
Singles from Perfect Shapes
  1. "Cut Me Off"
    Released: July 12, 2018[3]
  2. "Bad Idea"
    Released: September 14, 2018[4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.3/10[5]
Metacritic76/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
The 4057.5/10[7]
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[8]
God Is in the TV9/10[9]
Paste7.5/10[10]
Pitchfork7.2/10[2]

Production

The album was recorded in January 2018 in Durham, North Carolina, alongside producer Jenn Wasner.[9]

Critical reception

Perfect Shapes 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 76, based on 8 reviews.[6] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[11]

Joe Goggins of Drowned in Sound admired Kenney's vocals saying that unlike her previous album, it stood out "front and centre, ringing out honeyed and clear as a bell with only minimal effects applied", and noted the album is "so sharply made in Kenney’s own non-conformist image, and she gets away with it. On this form, she’s destined for alt-pop greatness."[8]

Accolades
Accolades for Perfect Shapes
Publication Accolade Rank
God Is in the TV God Is in the TV's Top 50 Albums of 2018
84[12]
Under the Radar Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2018
73[13]

Track listing
Perfect Shapes track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Overhead"3:57
2."Bad Idea"4:05
3."Cut Me Off"3:19
4."No Weekend"2:59
5."Know"4:23
6."The Flavor of the Fruit Tree"3:29
7."I Went Home"3:38
8."Perfect Shapes"4:35
9."Your Art"3:27
10."Always Around Me"3:42

Personnel

References
  1. Donelson, Marcy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  2. Hussey, Allison (October 8, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. Shoemaker, Allison (July 12, 2018). "Madeline Kenney announces sophomore album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  4. Horn, Olivia (September 14, 2018). "Bad Idea by Madeline Kenny". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  5. "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  6. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  7. Glover, Nicholas. "Madeline Kenney enjoys every second on the subtly engaging Perfect Shapes". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  8. Goggins, Joe (October 30, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  9. Elkin, Troy (October 1, 2018). "God Is in the TV Review". God Is in the TV. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  10. Johnson, Ellen (October 10, 2018). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  11. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  12. "GIITTV Album of the Year". God Is in the TV. December 10, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  13. "Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2018". Under the Radar. December 30, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
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