Fin (John Talabot album)

Fin (stylized as ƒIN) is the debut studio album by Spanish electronic music producer John Talabot, released on 14 February 2012.

Fin
Studio album by
Released14 February 2012
GenreHouse, electronic
Length51:54
LabelPermanent Vacation
ProducerJohn Talabot
John Talabot chronology
Families
(2011)
Fin
(2012)
DJ-Kicks: John Talabot
(2013)

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10[1]
Metacritic80/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Fact4/5[4]
Financial Times     [5]
The Guardian     [6]
The Irish Times     [7]
Mojo     [8]
Pitchfork8.5/10[9]
Q     [10]
Resident Advisor4.5/5[11]
XLR8R9/10[12]

Upon its release, Fin received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, the album has an average score of 80 out of 100, based on 20 reviews.[2] Pitchfork awarded the album its "Best New Music" title.[9] Fin was named the best album of 2012 on XLR8R's year-end list and placed third on year-end lists by Mixmag and Resident Advisor.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Depak Ine"7:26
2."Destiny" (featuring Pional)4:53
3."El Oeste"3:01
4."Oro Y Sangre"4:53
5."Journeys" (featuring Ekhi)4:05
6."Missing You"4:02
7."Last Land"4:23
8."Estiu"3:05
9."When the Past Was Present"5:06
10."H.O.R.S.E."4:05
11."So Will Be Now..." (featuring Pional)6:55

References edit

  1. ^ "fIN by John Talabot reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Reviews for Fin by John Talabot". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. ^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "ƒIN – John Talabot". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  4. ^ Morpurgo, Joseph (17 February 2012). "John Talabot: fIN". Fact. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (4 February 2012). "John Talabot: Fin". Financial Times. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ Macpherson, Alex (26 January 2012). "John Talabot: fin – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. ^ Carroll, Jim (10 February 2012). "John Talabot". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  8. ^ "John Talabot: Fin". Mojo (221): 91. April 2012.
  9. ^ a b Sherburne, Phillip (7 February 2012). "John Talabot: Fin". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  10. ^ "John Talabot: Fin". Q (308): 112. March 2012.
  11. ^ Miller, Derek (10 February 2012). "John Talabot – fIN". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  12. ^ Reynaldo, Shawn (9 February 2012). "John Talabot: fIN". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2018.