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Man It Feels Like Space Again

Man It Feels Like Space Again is the sixth album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond, released on 23 January 2015 in Australia.

Man It Feels Like Space Again
Studio album by
Pond
Released23 January 2015
RecordedJune 2013–August 2014
GenrePsychedelic rock[1]
Length45:08
LabelCaroline Records
ProducerKevin Parker
Pond chronology
Hobo Rocket
(2013) 		Man It Feels Like Space Again
(2015) 		The Weather
(2017)
Singles from Man It Feels Like Space Again
  1. "Elvis' Flaming Star"
    Released: 19 October 2014
  2. "Sitting Up on Our Crane"
    Released: 16 December 2014
  3. "Zond"
    Released: 11 January 2015

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Head HeritagePositive[3]
AllMusic     [4]
DIY     [5]
Drowned in Sound7/10[6]
Exclaim!8/10[7]
The Guardian     [8]
musicOMH     [9]
NME          [10]
Renowned for Sound     [11]
Rolling Stone Australia     [12]

Man It Feels Like Space Again received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 78, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Year Rank
NME NME'S Albums of the Year 2015 2015
34[13]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Waiting Around for Grace"
Allbrook5:10
2."Elvis' Flaming Star"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
  • Joe Ryan
Allbrook3:25
3."Holding Out for You"RyanRyan4:44
4."Zond"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
Allbrook4:04
5."Heroic Shart"AllbrookAllbrook4:05
6."Sitting Up on Our Crane"WatsonWatson6:00
7."Outside Is the Right Side"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
Allbrook5:10
8."Medicine Hat"RyanRyan4:08
9."Man It Feels Like Space Again"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
  • Ryan
Allbrook8:22
Total length:45:08

Personnel

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Pond

  • Nick Allbrook – mixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), guitar (6), background vocals (8)
  • Jay Watson – mixing, engineering, design, layout; drums (1–5, 7, 9), vocals (6), bass guitar (8)
  • Joseph Ryan – mixing, engineering, design, layout; vocals (3, 8), guitar (1, 7), background vocals (2, 9), synthesizer programming (4)
  • Jamie Terry – mixing, engineering, design, layout; keyboards (1), bass guitar (3), background vocals (8)

Additional personnel

  • Rob Grant – mastering
  • Kevin Parker – mixing, engineering
  • Lukas Glickman – engineering
  • Bjenny Montero – artwork, design, layout

Charts

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14][15] 15
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)[15] 11
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[15] 27

References

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  1. ^ Oliver, Huw (28 January 2015). "POND: "I just remember lots of late nights..."". DIY. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Man It Feels Like Space Again Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Pond Man It Feels Like Space Again". HeadHeritage.co.uk. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ^ Thomas, Fred (1 February 2015). "Man It feels Like Space Again - Pond". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  5. ^ Hunt, El (26 January 2015). "Pond - Man It feels Like Space Again". diymag.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  6. ^ Moore, Sam (23 January 2015). "Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again". DrownedInSound.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Pond Man It Feels like Space Again". exclaim.ca/. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  8. ^ True, Everett (26 January 2015). "Pond: Man it Feels Like Space Again review – indulgent, trippy and at times off-kilter". theguardian.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  9. ^ Shepherd, Sam (26 January 2015). "Pond – Man It Feels Like Space Again". .musicomh.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. ^ Daly, Rhian (21 January 2015). "Pond - 'Man It Feels Like Space Again'". NME.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. ^ Marsh, Graeme (1 January 2015). "Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again". RenownedForSound.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  12. ^ Teague, Marcus (19 January 2015). "Pond - Man It Feels like Space Again". rollingstoneaus.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  13. ^ "NME'S Albums of the Year 2015". nme.com. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  14. ^ "Pond - Man It Feels Like Space Again". australian-charts.com.
  15. ^ a b c "ARIA Report 1301" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2015.
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