Lost Girls (album)

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Lost Girls
File:Bat for Lashes - Lost Girls.png
Studio album by
Released6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
GenreSynth-pop[1]
Length38:23
Label
Producer
Bat for Lashes chronology
The Bride
(2016)
Lost Girls
(2019)
The Dream of Delphi
(2024)
Singles from Lost Girls
  1. "Kids in the Dark"
    Released: 10 June 2019
  2. "Feel For You"
    Released: 26 July 2019
  3. "The Hunger"
    Released: 5 August 2019
  4. "Jasmine"
    Released: 19 August 2019

Lost Girls is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, known professionally as Bat for Lashes. It was released on 6 September 2019 through AWAL.[2] It is Khan's follow up to 2016's The Bride. The lead single "Kids in the Dark" was released on 10 June 2019.[3]

Khan has cited 1980s music and cinema as an inspiration for the record, citing artists such as Bananarama, Cyndi Lauper and The Blue Nile as well as film composer John Williams in an interview with The Line of Best Fit.[4]

Promotion

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Khan teased a release on 10 June 2019 through early June, posting short videos to her social media accounts.[5] One featured a snippet of music and a number for a hotline on a poster, which, when dialled, asked callers to leave a message about a lost girl named Nikki.[6] Khan formally announced the album and release of the lead single on 10 June.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Clash7/10[9]
DIYStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[10]
Exclaim!8/10[11]
MusicOMHStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[12]
NMEStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[13]
Paste7/10[14]
Pitchfork7.2/10[15]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[16]

Lost Girls was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on 22 reviews.[7]

Accolades

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Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Crack Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2019 49 [17]
Gaffa Top 30 Albums of 2019 12 [18]
Good Morning America Top 50 Albums of 2019 1 [19]
The Independent The 50 best albums of the year - 2019 47 [20]
MusicOMH Top 50 Albums of 2019 44 [21]
Rough Trade Albums of the Year - 2019 19 [22]
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2019 12 [23]

Track listing

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Adapted from Apple Music.[2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Kids in the Dark"
3:28
2."The Hunger"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
4:59
3."Feel for You"
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
3:39
4."Desert Man"
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
  • Scott
3:26
5."Jasmine"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
2:55
6."Vampires"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
3:02
7."So Good"
  • Khan
  • Scott
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
3:33
8."Safe Tonight"Khan
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott IV
  • MNEK
4:16
9."Peach Sky"
  • Khan
  • Decilveo
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Decilveo
4:34
10."Mountains"Khan
  • Bat for Lashes
  • Scott
4:31
Total length:38:23

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[24] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 130
Scottish Albums (OCC)[27] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 13
US Independent Albums[29] 14
US Current Album Sales[30] 41

References

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