Clark (album)

Clark
Studio album by
Released3 November 2014 (2014-11-03)
Recorded2014; Madison's Barn, near Newton, Lincolnshire
Genre
Length47:10
LabelWarp Records
ProducerChris Clark
Clark chronology
Iradelphic
(2012)
Clark
(2014)
The Last Panthers
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.1/10
Metacritic83/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Clash9/10
Drowned in Sound9/10
Exclaim!9/10
Mojo
Pitchfork8.3/10
PopMatters8/10
Resident Advisor3.5/5
Uncut7/10
XLR8R8.5/10

Clark is the seventh studio album by British electronic musician Clark (Chris Clark), released on 3 November 2014 by Warp Records. It is his fifth album released under the shortened moniker Clark, following Iradelphic (2012). Clark wrote and recorded the album over a continuous four-month session in an isolated barn near Newton, Lincolnshire, marking the first time he had made an entire album in one location and one sustained creative period.

The album represented a return to dancefloor-oriented material after the more pastoral, acoustic-inflected Iradelphic, with Warp describing it as "more Berghain than Guggenheim". Clark received widespread critical acclaim and a Metacritic score of 83 out of 100, with Pitchfork awarding it Best New Music. It was named the 48th best album of 2014 by Pitchfork and the 13th best by Vice.