Taiga (Zola Jesus album)

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Taiga
File:Taiga album cover.jpg
Studio album by Zola Jesus
Released October 6, 2014
Length 42:36
Label Mute
Producer Nika Roza Danilova, Dean Hurley
Zola Jesus chronology
Versions
(2013)Versions2013		 Taiga
(2014)
Singles from Taiga
  1. "Dangerous Days"
    Released: June 23, 2014
  2. "Go (Blank Sea)"
    Released: September 17, 2014
  3. "Hunger"
    Released: February 9, 2015
  4. "Nail"
    Released: September 18, 2015

Taiga is the fifth studio album by Zola Jesus released on October 6, 2014 in the UK and EU and on October 7, 2014 in the US through Mute.[1] The album was produced by Nika Roza Danilova and co-produced by Dean Hurley.[1] It marks the first Zola Jesus record to be released through Mute Records. The album title Taiga is the Russian word for boreal forests. A music video was released for the album's first single "Dangerous Days".[2] The music video was directed by Timothy Saccenti and filmed in Hoh Rainforest, Washington.[2]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Taiga"   2:55
2. "Dangerous Days"   4:29
3. "Dust"   3:32
4. "Hunger"   4:32
5. "Go (Blank Sea)"   4:05
6. "Ego"   2:49
7. "Lawless"   5:15
8. "Nail"   3:05
9. "Long Way Down"   3:58
10. "Hollow"   3:50
11. "It’s Not Over"   4:05
Total length:
 42:36

Personnel

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
musicOMH 4/5 stars[4]
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[5]
Consequence of Sound C+[6]
Exclaim! (7/10)[7]
New Musical Express (7/10)[8]
PopMatters (6/10)[9]
Pitchfork Media (5.9/10)[10]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[11]
Kuwaiti Trail Mix 7/10 stars[12]

Upon its release, Taiga received generally positive reviews from music critics. The review aggregator website Metacritic assigns a "Metascore" to each album, which is based on the ratings and reviews of selected mainstream independent publications, and the release has a score of a 66 based on 21 selected critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

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