Cocoa Sugar
2018 studio album by Young Fathers
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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]
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| Released | 9 March 2018 | |||
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| Length | 36:45 | |||
| Label | Ninja Tune | |||
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| Singles from Cocoa Sugar | ||||
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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 |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[9] |
| The Guardian | [10] |
| The Independent | [11] |
| Mojo | [12] |
| NME | [13] |
| The Observer | [1] |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10[14] |
| Q | [15] |
| 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 |
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| PopMatters | 70 Best Albums of 2018 | 1 |
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| The Skinny | 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 1 |
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| Stereogum | 50 Best Albums of 2018 | 40 |
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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 (Official Charts)[3] | 28 |
| UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[23] | 4 |
| UK R&B Albums (Official Charts)[24] | 1 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] | 173 |