Cocoa Sugar
Cocoa Sugar | ||||
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Studio album by Young Fathers | ||||
Released | 9 March 2018 (2018-03-09) | |||
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Length | 36:45 | |||
Label | Ninja Tune | |||
Young Fathers chronology | ||||
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Singles from Cocoa Sugar | ||||
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Cocoa Sugar is the third studio album by Scottish indie group Young Fathers. It was released on Ninja Tune on 9 March 2018. It won the Scottish Album of the Year Award for 2018.[2] It peaked at number 28 on the UK Albums Chart.[3]
Artwork
The album art, designed by Tom Hingston and photographed by Julia Noni, features band member Alloysious Massaquoi and is a direct homage to the Waldemar Świerzy's Polish poster for the 1969 drama film Midnight Cowboy.[4][5]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.2/10[6] |
Metacritic | 87/100[7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
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The A.V. Club | B+[9] |
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Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The Observer | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10[14] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Uncut | 8/10[16] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 87, based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]
Clayton Purdom of The A.V. Club described the album as "a worthy progression, a tight stretch of otherworldly melodies, ramshackle percussion, and buzzing clouds of woozy ambient sound."[9]
Accolades
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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NME | Albums of the Year 2018 | 24 | [17] |
PopMatters | 70 Best Albums of 2018 | 1 | [18] |
The Skinny | 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 1 | [19] |
Stereogum | 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 40 | [20] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Kayus Bankole, Timothy London, Graham "G" Hastings and Alloysious Massaquoi, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "See How" | 2:01 | |
2. | "Fee Fi" | 2:41 | |
3. | "In My View" | 3:15 | |
4. | "Turn" |
| 3:36 |
5. | "Lord" | 3:34 | |
6. | "Tremolo" | 3:08 | |
7. | "Wow" | 4:00 | |
8. | "Border Girl" | 4:01 | |
9. | "Holy Ghost" | 2:32 | |
10. | "Wire" | 1:40 | |
11. | "Toy" | 3:13 | |
12. | "Picking You" |
| 3:04 |
Total length: | 36:45 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Just a Kid" | 3:01 |
14. | "Out of My Mind Sometimes" | 2:04 |
Total length: | 41:50 |
Personnel
- David Cousin – additional vocals (track 12)
- Timothy London – co-producer
- Graham "G" Hastings – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
- Laurie Ross – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
- Ben Baptie – mixing (track 5)
- Vlado Meller – mastering
- Hingston Studio – design and art direction
- Julia Noni – photography
Charts
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] | 37 |
UK Albums (OCC)[3] | 28 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[23] | 4 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[24] | 1 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] | 173 |
References
- ^ a b Morris, Damien (10 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar review – sounds like freedom feels". The Observer. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Young Fathers win Scottish Album of the Year for Cocoa Sugar". BBC. 7 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Foster, John (14 March 2018). "Judging A Cover By Its Cover: March's best record sleeves". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar - Campaign". Hingston Studio. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Cocoa Sugar by Young Fathers Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. "Cocoa Sugar – Young Fathers". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ a b Purdom, Clayton (9 March 2018). "Young Fathers, Cocoa Sugar". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (8 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar review – twisted sounds for a twisted world". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Gill, Andy (8 March 2018). "Album reviews: Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar, Jonathan Wilson – Rare Birds, David Byrne – American Utopia, and more". The Independent. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Cowan, Andy (April 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Mojo (293): 91.
- ^ Milton, Jamie (17 March 2018). "Young Fathers – 'Cocoa Sugar' Album Review". NME. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Pearce, Sheldon (16 March 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Doyle, Tom (April 2018). "Sugar Daddies". Q (383): 104–05.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (April 2018). "Young Fathers: Cocoa Sugar". Uncut (251): 37.
- ^ "NME's Albums Of The Year 2018". NME. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "The 70 Best Albums of 2018". PopMatters. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Albums of 2018 (#1): Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar". The Skinny. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ^ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2018". Stereogum. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "BEATINK.COM / Cocoa Sugar". BEATINK.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Young Fathers – Cocoa Sugar" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links
- Cocoa Sugar at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Alloysious Massaquoi
- Kayus Bankole
- Graham 'G' Hastings
- Dead (2014)
- White Men Are Black Men Too (2015)
- Cocoa Sugar (2018)
- Heavy Heavy (2023)