Not to Disappear
2016 studio album by Daughter
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Not to Disappear is the second studio album by British indie folk band Daughter, released on 15 January 2016 by 4AD.[3] In anticipation of the album, a music video for the promotional single "Doing the Right Thing" was released on 30 September 2015.[4] A music video for the single "Numbers" followed in November 2015. The album cover is "The World is Spinning Around", a painting by British artist Sarah Shaw.[5]
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| Released | 15 January 2016 | |||
| Recorded | Rare Book Room Studio, Brooklyn, New York | |||
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| Length | 47:03 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
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| Singles from Not to Disappear | ||||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 74/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| The A.V. Club | B[9] |
| Billboard | [10] |
| The Guardian | [11] |
| NME | 4/5[12] |
| The Observer | [13] |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10[1] |
| Q | [14] |
| Rolling Stone | [15] |
| Uncut | 8/10[16] |
Not to Disappear received generally positive reviews from critics.[7] Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club found that Daughter's "brutal lyrical honesty" sets them apart from musical antecedents such as The Cure, PJ Harvey and Beach House.[9] Sonic Seducer said that the band had created a dynamic mixture of indie pop, folk and shoegaze that reflected influences from bands such as London Grammar and Massive Attack.[2] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic called the album "elegant, moving, and often beautiful", as well as sufficiently dynamic despite its reliance on "sound-defining delay, a dark tone palette, and friable vocals".[8] Rolling Stone's Amy Rose Spiegel was more critical, finding that the minimal instrumentation "can highlight the monotony of Tonra's gorgeous, but largely static, vocal phrasing".[15]
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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| Rough Trade | Albums of the Year | 2016 | 86[17] |
| The Skinny | Top 50 Albums of 2016 | 2016 | 50[18] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Elena Tonra and Igor Haefeli.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "New Ways" | 5:25 |
| 2. | "Numbers" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Doing the Right Thing" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "How" | 4:26 |
| 5. | "Mothers" | 5:21 |
| 6. | "Alone / With You" | 4:33 |
| 7. | "No Care" | 2:53 |
| 8. | "To Belong" | 4:17 |
| 9. | "Fossa" | 6:46 |
| 10. | "Made of Stone" | 3:52 |
| Total length: | 47:03 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "The End" | 5:27 |
| Total length: | 52:30 | |
Personnel
Daughter
- Igor Haefeli – production, arrangements
- Remi Aguilella – additional production, arrangements
- Elena Tonra – arrangements
Additional contributors
- Nicolas Vernhes – production
- Joe Lambert – mastering
- David Tolomei – engineering
- Alison Fielding – art direction, design
- Sarah Shaw – paintings
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] | 26 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] | 26 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] | 11 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] | 53 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] | 32 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[24] | 107 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] | 26 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] | 30 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[27] | 40 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] | 18 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] | 12 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[30] | 17 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC)[31] | 4 |
| US Billboard 200[32] | 80 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[33] | 6 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2016) | Position |
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| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[34] | 190 |