^ a b "Take Me Back to Eden by Sleep Token Reviews and Tracks"."Review: Sleep Token Continues to Push Boundaries on Take Me Back To Eden". ^ a b c "SLEEP TOKEN - 'Take Me Back To Eden' ".^ a b c d e David, Maximo (4 February 2023)."Sleep Token - 'Take Me Back To Eden' review: masked heroes pushing rock to its extremes". "Sleep Token debut emotional new single 'DYWTYLM' ". "Sleep Token confirm brand new album Take Me Back To Eden, release new single Vore". ^ Alderslade, Merlin (16 February 2023).^ "Hard Rock Digital Song Sales: Week of January 28, 2023".^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs: Week of February 25, 2023".^ "Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40: 27 January 2023 - 02 February 2023"."Why Is Everyone Talking About Mystery Band Sleep Token?". ^ Schaffner, Lauryn (19 January 2023).1 on Spotify's Top 50 Viral Songs Chart". ^ "Sleep Token Releases Two New Songs "Granite" & "Aqua Regia" ".^ "Sleep Token Share Two New Songs With "Chokehold" + "The Summoning" ".Vessel – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesisers, productionĬharts Chart performance for Take Me Back to Eden Chart (2023)įinnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista).Track listing Īll tracks are written by Vessel and II, except "DYWTYLM" by Vessel only. Similarly, Elliott Burr of The Line of Best Fit complained that Take Me Back to Eden "tends to drag along with bread-and-butter formulas", concluding his 6/10 review by suggesting that it "may not be revolutionary in its music or pantomime, with some evident missteps". Ĭlash writer Ims Taylor claimed that while "Some moments are impressive", Take Me Back to Eden is "An album let down by over-indulgence", suggesting that the record features too many songs that "stretch on longer than need to". In a four-star review for Metal Hammer, Dannii Leivers described Take Me Back to Eden as "a record that not only expands the band's universe and continues to prod metal's boundaries, but considers what it means to be human", proposing that it is "Sleep Token's strongest effort to date". In a five-star review for the NME, Emma Wilkes described the album as "an ambitious, emotional monolith of a record, with all the hallmarks of future classic status", praising its "unpredictability" and adoption of multiple musical styles. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on five reviews, indicating "Generally favourable reviews". Take Me Back to Eden received generally positive reviews from music critics. Critical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores The album combines elements of various genres including funk, black metal, electronic, pop, R&B, progressive metal, djent, metalcore, and blues. "DYWTYLM" was issued as the sixth pre-release track from the album on 23 April 2023. The album was described in its announcement as "Part 3 of a trilogy, a spectacular chapter-closer in the ongoing Sleep Token saga, a saga that kicked off in earnest with debut album Sundowning". Take Me Back to Eden was officially announced on 16 February 2023, alongside the release of fifth single "Vore". It was also the band's first song to register on the official UK and US charts, reaching number 14 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart, number 26 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, and number 2 on the Billboard Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. "The Summoning", in particular, became one of Sleep Token's most popular songs to date, reaching number 1 on the Spotify Top 50 Viral Songs chart, as well as receiving over 1 million views on YouTube within two weeks. The slew of releases led to a rapid increase in popularity for the band, who grew from having reportedly "less than 300,000 monthly listeners on Spotify at the beginning of January" to having over 1.58 million by the end of the month. These were followed on 19 and 20 January by "Granite" and "Aqua Regia", respectively. Sleep Token released the first two songs from their as-yet untitled third album, "Chokehold" and "The Summoning", on 5 and 6 January 2023, respectively. Six songs from Take Me Back to Eden were released as singles: "Chokehold", "The Summoning", "Granite", "Aqua Regia", "Vore" and "DYWTYLM". The album serves as the final part of a trilogy also featuring the group's first and second albums, Sundowning and This Place Will Become Your Tomb. Produced by the band's frontman Vessel with Carl Bown, it was released on by Spinefarm Records. Take Me Back to Eden is the third studio album by English rock band Sleep Token.
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