The Weather (Pond album)

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The Weather
File:The Weather Pond.jpg
Studio album by
Pond
Released5 May 2017
StudioKevin Parker's home studio
(Fremantle, Western Australia)
Genre
Length39:44
LabelMarathon Artists
Producer
Pond chronology
Man It Feels Like Space Again
(2015) 		The Weather
(2017) 		Tasmania
(2019)
Singles from The Weather
  1. "Sweep Me Off My Feet"
    Released: 7 October 2016
  2. "30000 Megatons"
    Released: 10 November 2016
  3. "The Weather"
    Released: 17 March 2017
  4. "Paint Me Silver"
    Released: 20 April 2017

The Weather is the seventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Pond. It was released on 5 May 2017 by Marathon Artists.[1] As with previous Pond albums, it is also co-produced by former member and Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker. It features 10 tracks, led by its first single "Sweep Me Off My Feet".

Background

The album cover shows a photograph of the Carillon City mall in Hay Street, Perth, taken in the early 1980s (Google Street View).

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork7.7/10

The Weather received positive reviews from music critics, holding an average critic score of 80, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2] Saby Reyes-Kulkarni of Pitchfork wrote that "For all its disjointedness, the album never wanders more than a few inches away from the sublime. It’s a document of a band knocking loudly on the door of greatness."[3] Marcy Donelson for Allmusic described the album as "trippy and shambolic". Donelson also praised its "epic, sometimes otherworldly luster".[4] Gwilym Mumford in The Guardian wrote that the album is "Accessible but still absolutely out there, this is prog, but not as we know it."[5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."30000 Megatons"
Allbrook4:02
2."Sweep Me Off My Feet"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
Allbrook3:29
3."Paint Me Silver"
Allbrook3:44
4."Colder Than Ice"WatsonWatson3:10
5."Edge of the World, Pt. 1"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
Allbrook4:54
6."A/B"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
Allbrook3:28
7."Zen Automaton"AllbrookAllbrook4:01
8."All I Want for Xmas (Is a Tascam 388)"
Ryan2:36
9."Edge of the World, Pt. 2"
  • Allbrook
  • Ryan
  • Watson
Allbrook6:22
10."The Weather"
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
  • Allbrook
  • Watson
3:58
Total length:39:44
2017 Japanese issue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
11."Fire in the Water"AllbrookAllbrook4:04
Total length:43:48

Personnel

Pond

Additional musicians

  • Christian Ruggiero – horns on "30000 Megatons" and "Zen Automaton", saxophone on "Colder Than Ice"
  • Jamie Canny, Sam Newman – horns on "30000 Megatons" and "Zen Automaton"
  • Mei Saraswåati – additional vocals on "Sweep Me Off My Feet" and "Colder Than Ice"
  • James SK Wān – bamboo flute on "Colder Than Ice"
  • Kirin J Callinan – additional vocals on "Paint Me Silver" and "Colder Than Ice", guitar noises on "Edge of the World, Pt. 2"
  • James Ireland – piano and some production on "A/B"

Production

  • Production – Kevin Parker and Pond
  • Engineering – Pond, Kevin Parker, Richard Ingham
  • Mastering – Greg Calbi
  • Packaging design – Alex Joseph

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6][7] 33
Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)[7] 23
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 126
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 132
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 83

References

  1. ↑ "POND 'The Weather' Pre-order Available Now - Marathon Artists". Marathon Artists. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  2. ↑ The Weather by Pond, retrieved 8 May 2017
  3. ↑ "Pond: The Weather Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Weather - Pond | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Mumford, Gwilym (4 May 2017). "Pond: The Weather review – Australian psych-rockers take a musical leap". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pond - The Weather". australian-charts.com.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "ARIA Report 1420" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pond – The Weather" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Pond – The Weather" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
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