Shape the Future

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Shape the Future
File:Shape the Future.jpg
Studio album by
Nightmares on Wax
Released26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)
GenreElectronic[1]
Length53:01
LabelWarp
Nightmares on Wax chronology
Now Is the Time
(2014) 		Shape the Future
(2018) 		Shout Out! To Freedom...
(2021)
Singles from Shape the Future
  1. "Citizen Kane"
    Released: 2017

Shape the Future is the eighth studio album by Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 2018 on Warp.[2] It peaked at number 19 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.[3]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[5]
Exclaim!7/10[6]
The Line of Best Fit6.5/10[7]
MusicOMHStarStarStarStar[8]
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Resident Advisor3.1/5[10]
The SkinnyStarStarStarStar[11]
Spectrum Culture2.25/5[12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Paul Carr of PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars, calling it "N.O.W's strongest and most cohesive album since the imperious In a Space Outta Sound."[9] Katie Hawthorne of The Skinny gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "You'll feel like you've heard these songs on the breeze before, or snatched them from the window of a passing car, but you couldn't have caught them without Nightmares on Wax's expert navigation."[11]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Back to Nature" (featuring Kuauhtli Vasquez and Wixarika Tribe)7:36
2."Tell My Vision" (featuring Andrew Ashong)4:14
3."Shape the Future"6:18
4."On It Maestro"4:15
5."Tomorrow" (featuring LSK)4:30
6."Typical" (featuring Jordan Rakei)4:40
7."Tenor Fly"2:41
8."Citizen Kane" (featuring Mozez)4:00
9."Deep Shadows" (featuring Sadie Walker)3:57
10."Gotta Smile"6:44
11."The Other Ship"4:07
Digital edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (featuring Allan Kingdom and Mozez)4:09
Japanese CD edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."World Inside" (featuring Andrew Ashong)9:06
13."Citizen Kane (Rap Version)" (featuring Allan Kingdom and Mozez)4:09

Charts

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Chart (2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 132
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[3] 19

References

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  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Nightmares On Wax – Shape The Future" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
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