| Avalanche | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 31 May 2013 (2013-05-31) | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Label | Vested in Culture, Epic | |||
| Producer | Robin Hannibal, Fraser T Smith, Derek Ali, Sylvia Rhone (exec.), Tricky Stewart (exec.) | |||
| Quadron chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Avalanche | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| AMPYA | (7/10)[5] |
| eMusic |  [6] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[7] |
| Filter | [8] |
| Now | [9] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7/10)[10] |
| Popmatters | (7/10)[11] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
| Today | [13] |
Avalanche is the second studio albumbyDanish soul pop duo Quadron. It was released on 31 May 2013 through Vested in Culture and Epic Records. Upon its release, Avalanche received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews.[3] Despite its positive reception, the album was a relative commercial failure, only peaking at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the group's native Denmark the album achieved greater commercial success, spending 12 weeks in the top 10 of the charts and was eventually certified gold for 10,000 copies sold.[14]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "LFT" | Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj, Robin Hannibal | Hannibal, Kuk Harrell[a] | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Favorite Star" | Karshøj, Hannibal | Hannibal, Harrell[a] | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Hey Love" | Hannibal, Karshøj, Fraser T Smith, Ali Tamposi | Smith, Hannibal, Harrell[a] | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Crush" | Karshøj, Hannibal | Hannibal | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Befriend" | Karshøj, Hannibal, August Rosenbaum | Hannibal | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Neverland" | Karshøj, Hannibal | Hannibal | 3:38 |
| 7. | "It's Gonna Get You" | Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum | Hannibal, Harrell[a] | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Better Off" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | Karshøj, Hannibal, Kendrick Duckworth | Hannibal, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Sea Salt" | Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum | Hannibal | 3:08 |
| 10. | "Avalanche" | Karshøj, Hannibal | Hannibal | 3:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Something That You Like" | Karshøj, Hannibal, Om'Mas Keith | 4:08 |
Credits adapted from Allmusic.[15]
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] | 3 |
| USBillboard 200[17] | 115 |
| USTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 16 |
| USHeatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18] | 1 |
| Country | Date | Format(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 May 2013[19] | Digital download | Vested in Culture, Epic Records |
| Denmark[20] | 3 June 2013 | CD, digital download | |
| United States[21] | June 4, 2013 | CD, digital download | |
| Germany[22] | 14 June 2013 | CD |
