Anoyo
2019 studio album by Tim Hecker
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Anoyo is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Tim Hecker. It was released on May 10, 2019, under Kranky.[1]
| Anoyo | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 10, 2019 | |||
| Length | 34:26 | |||
| Label | Kranky | |||
| Producer | Tim Hecker | |||
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Background
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8.5/10[7] |
| MusicOMH | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[9] |
| Resident Advisor | [10] |
| The Skinny | [11] |
Anoyo 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 79, based on 13 reviews.[4]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Drift Records | Top 100 Albums of 2019 | 56 |
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| Obscure Sound | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 45 |
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| XLR8R | Best Albums of 2019 | N/A |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tim Hecker.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "That World" | 9:10 |
| 2. | "Is But a Simulated Blur" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Step Away from Konoyo" | 4:38 |
| 4. | "Into the Void" | 4:48 |
| 5. | "Not Alone" | 3:10 |
| 6. | "You Never Were" | 8:30 |
| Total length: | 34:26 | |
Notes
- All tracks are stylized in sentence case, excluding the word "Konoyo". For example, "That World" is stylized as "That world".
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.[15]
- Tim Hecker – computer, synthesizer, production
- Motonori Miura – hichiriki
- Fumiya Otonashi – shō
- Takuya Koketsu – ryūteki
- Yoshiyuki Izaki – uchimono
- Toshihiko Kasai – engineering
- Akihiro Iizuka – engineering assistance
- Ben Frost – additional engineering
- Ayako Sanjo – translation, co-ordination
- Jake Viator – detuning, tape transfer
- Matt Colton – mastering, cut
- Tobias Spichtig – artwork
- Teo Schifferli – layout, design
