Mind Bokeh

{{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Mind Bokeh | type = studio | artist = Bibio | cover = Mind_bokeh.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=yes|2011|3|29}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = *Folktronica<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmj.com/bibio-%E2%80%93-mind-bokeh/|title=Bibio – Mind Bokeh|work=CMJ|date=31 March 2011|access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref> *indie pop *alternative R&B | length = {{Duration|m=52|s=21}} | label = Warp | producer = Stephen James Wilkinson | prev_title = The Apple and the Tooth | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Silver Wilkinson | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Singles | name = Mind Bokeh | type = studio | single1 = Excuses | single1date = 2011 | single2 = K Is for Kelson | single2date = 2011 | single3 = T.O.Y.S. (Take Off Your Shirt) | single3date = 2011 }} }} {{Music ratings | MC = 75/100<ref name=metacritic>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/mind-bokeh/bibio|title=Mind Bokeh by Bibio|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mind-bokeh-mw0002102500|title=Mind Bokeh - Bibio|work=AllMusic|first=Heather|last=Phares|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = BBC Music | rev2score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/8qb6/|title=Bibio - Mind Bokeh - Review|work=BBC Music|first=Paul|last=Clarke|date=2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Clash'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/bibio-mind-bokeh|title=Bibio - Mind Bokeh|work=Clash|first=Reef|last=Younis|date=4 April 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''MusicOMH'' | rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/bibio-mind-bokeh|title=Bibio – Mind Bokeh|work=MusicOMH|first=Ben|last=Hogwood|date=4 April 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev5score = 6.9/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15279-mind-bokeh/|title=Bibio: Mind Bokeh|work=Pitchfork|first=Mark|last=Richardson|date=1 April 2017|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/138784-bibio-mind-bokeh/|title=Bibio: Mind Bokeh|work=PopMatters|first=Joe|last=Lambert|date=6 April 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Resident Advisor'' | rev7score = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/8790|title=Bibio - Mind Bokeh|work=Resident Advisor|first=Michael|last=Dix|date=5 April 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev8 = ''The Skinny'' | rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/bibio-mind-bokeh|title=Bibio – Mind Bokeh|work=The Skinny|first=Mark|last=Shukla|date=2 March 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Slant Magazine'' | rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/bibio-mind-bokeh|title=Bibio: Mind Bokeh|work=Slant Magazine|first=Kevin|last=Liedel|date=25 March 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' | rev10score = {{rating|1|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/Bibio-Mind-Bokeh|title=Bibio - Mind Bokeh|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|first=Nick|last=RS|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> }} '''''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.<ref name=pitchfork-news/> Bibio described the album as a "balance of the familiar and the non-familiar".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/news/new-album-mind-bokeh-listen-to-sampler/|title=New album Mind Bokeh - listen to sampler and read details|work=Warp|date=12 January 2011|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160143/http://warp.net/news/new-album-mind-bokeh-listen-to-sampler/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The title comes from a Japanese word "Bokeh", which means the blurry, out-of-focus part of a photograph.<ref name=pitchfork-news>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/41201-bibio-announces-new-album/|title=Bibio Announces New Album|work=Pitchfork|first=Tom|last=Breihan|date=13 January 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

==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".<ref name=metacritic/>

''Clash'' named it the 24th best album of 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/features/the-top-40-albums-of-2011-30-21|title=The Top 40 Albums Of 2011: 30 - 21|work=Clash|date=5 December 2011|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Stephen James Wilkinson | total_length = 52:21 | title1 = Excuses | length1 = 5:58 | title2 = Pretentious | length2 = 6:02 | title3 = Anything New | length3 = 4:07 | title4 = Wake Up! | length4 = 3:25 | title5 = Light Seep | length5 = 3:53 | title6 = Take Off Your Shirt | length6 = 4:04 | title7 = Artists' Valley | length7 = 6:00 | title8 = K Is for Kelson | length8 = 3:28 | title9 = Mind Bokeh | length9 = 2:33 | title10 = More Excuses | length10 = 4:27 | title11 = Feminine Eye | length11 = 1:50 | title12 = Saint Christopher | length12 = 6:34 }} {{Track listing | headline = Japanese edition bonus track | total_length = 54:45 | title13 = Vertical Helical Stan | length13 = 2:24 }}

==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" !scope="col"| Chart !scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"| US Heatseekers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281585/bibio/chart?f=324|title=Bibio - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | 6 |- !scope="row"| UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110416cluk.txt |title=CHART: CLUK Update 16.04.2011 (wk13)|work=Zobbel.de|date=16 April 2011|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> | 195 |- !scope="row"| UK Indie Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20110410/131/|title=2011-04-16 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive|work=Official Charts Company|date=16 April 2011|access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref> | 33 |}

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==External links== * {{Discogs master|323491|Mind Bokeh}}

Category:2011 albums Category:Bibio albums Category:Warp Records albums