Athena
Studio album by
Sudan Archives
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
Length38:28
LabelStones Throw
Producer
Sudan Archives chronology
Sink
(2018)		 Athena
(2019)		 Natural Brown Prom Queen
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[1]
Metacritic83/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash9/10[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
MusicOMH[6]
No Ripcord7/10[7]
Pitchfork7.7/10[8]

Athena is the debut studio album by American musician Sudan Archives. It was released on November 1, 2019 under Stones Throw Records.[9]

The first single from the album, "Confessions" was released August 30, 2019.[10]

Critical reception

Athena was met with universal acclaim from critics. Metacritic assigned it a weighted average rating of 83 out of 100, based on 15 reviews from mainstream publications.[2]

Accolades

Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
AllMusic Best of 2019
N/A
Clash Top 40 Albums of 2019
8
DJ Mag Top 50 Albums of 2019
24
The Line of Best Fit Top 50 Albums of 2019
39
MusicOMH Top 50 Albums of 2019
17
The New York Times Top 10 Albums of 2019
4
No Ripcord Top 50 Albums of 2019
39
Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums of 2019
6
Slate Best of 2019
N/A
The Vinyl Factory Top 50 Albums of 2019
49

Track listing

Athena track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Did You Know"Brittney Parks
  • Collin Davis
  • Catherine Parks
  • B. Parks
3:14
2."Confessions"
  • Archer
  • B. Parks
2:53
3."Black Vivaldi Sonata"
Jones2:50
4."Down on Me"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
Rodaidh McDonald4:10
5."Ballet of the Unhatched Twins I"B. ParksB. Parks0:41
6."Green Eyes"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • B. Parks
  • Andre Elias
3:41
7."Iceland Moss"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
3:30
8."Coming Up"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • John DeBold
  • McDonald
  • B. Parks
  • DeBold
3:41
9."House of Open Tuning II"B. ParksB. Parks0:38
10."Glorious"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • Archer
  • B. Parks
2:27
11."Stuck"B. Parks
  • B. Parks
  • Los Retros
1:08
12."Limitless"
White2:55
13."Honey"B. ParksB. Parks3:02
14."Pelicans in the Summer"
  • B. Parks
  • McCall IV
  • Kenny Gilmore
  • B. Parks
  • Gilmore
3:38

Personnel

Sourced from AllMusic.[3]

Sudan Archives

References

  1. ↑ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Kellman, Andy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ Roseblade, Nick (October 29, 2019). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Patrick, Ryan (November 4, 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ Murphy, John (November 1, 2019). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ Rodriguez, Juan. "No Ripcord Review". No Ripcord. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ Hussey, Alison (November 7, 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ Rodriguez, Krystal (September 9, 2019). "Sudan Archives announces debut album, Athena". Fact. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ Bruce-Jones, Henry (August 28, 2019). "Sudan Archives shares new track, 'Confessions'". Fact. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  11. ↑ "AllMusic Best of 2019". AllMusic. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Clash Albums of the Year 2019". Clash. December 18, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ "DJ Mag's Top 50 Albums of 2019". DJ Mag. December 17, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ "The Best Albums of 2019". The Line of Best Fit. December 20, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  15. ↑ Hubbard, Michael (December 21, 2019). "MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2019". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  16. ↑ Pareles, Jon (December 21, 2019). "Best Albums of 2019". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  17. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums of 2019". No Ripcord. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  18. ↑ "The POW Best Albums 2019". Passion of the Weiss. December 31, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  19. ↑ Wilson, Carl (December 10, 2019). "The Best Albums of 2019". Slate. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  20. ↑ "Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2019". The Vinyl Factory. 17 December 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2020.


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