Marble Skies is the third studio album by British art rock band Django Django. It reached number 25 on the UK Albums Chart in January 2018.[1]

Marble Skies
Studio album by
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
GenreArt rock, progressive rock
Length40:40
LabelBecause Music
Django Django chronology
Born Under Saturn
(2015)
Marble Skies
(2018)
Glowing in the Dark
(2021)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
DIY     [4]
Drowned in Sound6/10[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
Paste7.8/10[7]
Pitchfork6.9/10[8]
PopMatters          [9]
Under the Radar          [10]

Marble Skies received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 73/100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews"[11]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Marble Skies"4:26
2."Surface to Air" (featuring Self Esteem)3:41
3."Champagne"4:43
4."Tic Tac Toe"3:55
5."Further"3:21
6."Sundials"4:01
7."Beam Me Up"3:52
8."In Your Beat"3:49
9."Real Gone"5:50
10."Fountains"3:02

Personnel

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  • Dave Maclean – Drums, percussion, samples
  • Vincent Neff – Vocals, backing vocals, guitars
  • Jim Nixon – Backing vocals, bass guitar
  • Tommy Grace – Synthesizers, keyboards

Charts

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Chart performance for Marble Skies
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 95
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 112
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 120
French Albums (SNEP)[15] 66
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 20
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[17] 9

References

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  1. ^ "ITunesCharts.net: 'Marble Skies' by Django Django (British Albums iTunes Chart)".
  2. ^ "Marble Skies by Django Django Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Marble Skies – Django Django". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Django Django – Marble Skies album review". DIY. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Album Review: Django Django – Marble Skies". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Django Django Marble Skies". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Django Django: Marble Skies Review". Paste. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Django Django: Marble Skies Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Django Django: Marble Skies". PopMatters. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Django Django: Marble Skies (Ribbon) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Django Django – Marble Skies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Django Django – Marble Skies" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Django Django – Marble Skies" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Lescharts.com – Django Django – Marble Skies". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Django Django Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 28 November 2018.