# To Feel Embraced

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{{Infobox album
| name = To Feel Embraced
| type = studio
| artist = [Sparkle Division](/source/Sparkle_Division)
| cover = Sparkle Division - To Feel Embraced.jpg
| alt = A photo of an old woman on a pink background
| released = {{start date|2020|07|24}}
| recorded = 2016<ref name="amg" />
| studio = 
| genre = [Electronic music](/source/Electronic_music)
| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=22}}
| language = 
| label = [Temporary Residence](/source/Temporary_Residence)
| producer = 
| next_title = Classified EP
| next_year = 2021
| misc = 
}}
'''''To Feel Embraced''''' is a 2020 studio album by American [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) group [Sparkle Division](/source/Sparkle_Division).

==Reception==
{{MCalbum|To Feel Embraced|positive|74|four}}<ref name="mc" /> Editors at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Paul Simpson writing that "the album's sound is a [Brainfeeder](/source/Brainfeeder)-like mélange of cosmic jazz, crumpled hip-hop beats, and atmospheric textures, flowing from brassy lounge cut-ups to blunted psychedelic funk" and the music "is celebratory rather than mournful, channeling the positive, creative energy of these spirits and honoring the fleeting miracle of life".<ref name="amg" /> Luke Cartledge of ''[Loud and Quiet](/source/Loud_and_Quiet)'' scored this album 10 out of 10, writing "the unobtrusive conventions of 21st century ambient music, and particularly the more vaporwave-adjacent strands of the contemporary classical canon, are upended, their glazed inertia replaced by a maximalist approach to {{em|making}} you relax, {{em|forcing}} a good time out of you rather than allowing some more abstract euphoria to do the heavy lifting".<ref name="landq" /> Writing for ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'', Madison Bloom rated ''To Feel Embraced'' a 7.6 out of 10, stating that it "is not a project that promotes stasis in any way shape or form" and it is "an album of serious artists making music that is more concerned with immediate joy and emotional exploration than decay or deep space".<ref name="pm" />

==Track listing==
#"You Go Girl!"&nbsp;– 1:24
#"You Ain't Takin' My Man"&nbsp;– 4:14
#"For Gato"&nbsp;– 3:06
#"Oh Henry!"&nbsp;– 4:20
#"To the Stars Major Tom"&nbsp;– 2:46
#"Oh No You Did Not!"&nbsp;– 4:04
#"To Feel"&nbsp;– 6:07
#"To Feel Embraced"&nbsp;– 3:08
#"Slappin' Yo Face"&nbsp;– 1:26
#"Mmmmkayy I'm Goin' Out Now and I Don't Want Any Trouble from You!"&nbsp;– 3:24
#"Queenie Got Her Blues"&nbsp;– 1:06
#"Sparkle On Sad Sister Mother Queen"&nbsp;– 1:46
#"No Exit"&nbsp;– 4:31

==Personnel==
'''Sparkle Division'''
*[William Basinski](/source/William_Basinski)&nbsp;– [art direction](/source/art_direction), [production](/source/Record_producer), [executive production](/source/executive_producer)
*[Preston Wendel](/source/Preston_Wendel)&nbsp;– [mixing](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)), production, art direction

'''Additional personnel'''
*Molly Kaplan&nbsp;– art direction, design, layout
*Bo Kondren&nbsp;– [mastering](/source/Audio_mastering)
*Nolan Thies&nbsp;– [engineering](/source/Audio_engineering)

==See also==
*[2020 in American music](/source/2020_in_American_music)
*[List of 2020 albums](/source/List_of_2020_albums)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="amg">{{Cite web |url=https://allmusic.com/album/mw0003405184 |title=Sparkle Division&nbsp;– To Feel Embraced |language=en-US |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |publisher=[RhythmOne](/source/RhythmOne) |accessdate=2023-10-26 |first=Paul |last=Simpson |date=n.d.}}</ref>
<ref name="landq">{{Cite magazine |issn=2049-9892 |language=en-GB |magazine=[Loud and Quiet](/source/Loud_and_Quiet) |department=Reviews |date=2020-09-04 |accessdate=2023-10-26 |last=Cartledge |first=Luke |url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/sparkle-division-to-feel-embraced/ |title=Sparkle Division&nbsp;– To Feel Embraced}}</ref>
<ref name="mc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/to-feel-embraced/sparkle-division |title=To Feel Embraced by Sparkle Division Reviews and Tracks&nbsp;– Metacritic |language=en-US |website=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |publisher=[Fandom, Inc.](/source/Fandom%2C_Inc.) |accessdate=2023-10-26 |date=n.d.}}</ref>
<ref name="pm">{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sparkle-division-to-feel-embraced/ |title=Sparkle Division: To Feel Embraced Album Review |department=Albums |language=en-US |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |accessdate=2023-10-26 |first=Madison |last=Bloom |date=2020-08-15}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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Category:2020 albums
Category:Sparkle Division albums
Category:Temporary Residence Limited albums

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