Mind Bokeh
2011 studio album by Bibio
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Mind Bokeh is a studio album by British electronic musician Bibio, released on Warp. It was released on 29 March 2011 in the United States and 4 April 2011 in the rest of the world.[13] Bibio described the album as a "balance of the familiar and the non-familiar".[14] The title comes from a Japanese word "Bokeh", which means the blurry, out-of-focus part of a photograph.[13]
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| Released | 29 March 2011 | |||
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| Length | 52:21 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Stephen James Wilkinson | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| BBC Music | favorable[4] |
| Clash | 8/10[5] |
| MusicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 6.9/10[7] |
| PopMatters | [8] |
| Resident Advisor | 3.5/5[9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
| Slant Magazine | [11] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |   [12] |
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Stephen James Wilkinson.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Excuses" | 5:58 |
| 2. | "Pretentious" | 6:02 |
| 3. | "Anything New" | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Wake Up!" | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Light Seep" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Take Off Your Shirt" | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Artists' Valley" | 6:00 |
| 8. | "K Is for Kelson" | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Mind Bokeh" | 2:33 |
| 10. | "More Excuses" | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Feminine Eye" | 1:50 |
| 12. | "Saint Christopher" | 6:34 |
| Total length: | 52:21 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | "Vertical Helical Stan" | 2:24 |
| Total length: | 54:45 | |
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16] | 6 |
| UK Albums Chart[17] | 195 |
| UK Indie Chart[18] | 33 |