Sun Structures

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Sun Structures
File:Temples - Sun Structures.png
Studio album by
Temples
Released5 February 2014 (2014-02-05)
StudioPyramid (Kettering, England)
Genre
Length52:48
LabelHeavenly
ProducerJames Bagshaw
Temples chronology
Sun Structures
(2014) 		Volcano
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10[3]
Metacritic72/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[2]
Exclaim!9/10[5]
Financial TimesStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]
The GuardianStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[7]
The IndependentStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[8]
NME8/10[9]
Pitchfork5.5/10[10]
QStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[11]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[12]
Uncut8/10[13]

Sun Structures is the debut studio album by English rock band Temples, released on 5 February 2014 by Heavenly Recordings. The building shown on the album cover is the Rushton Triangular Lodge near Rushton, Northamptonshire. The song "Keep in the Dark" is played over the closing credits to the 2015 thriller film The Gift.

Singles

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"Shelter Song" was sent to US modern rock radio by Fat Possum Records on 15 April 2014.[14]

Track listing

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Sun Structures – standard edition
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Shelter Song"James Bagshaw3:10
2."Sun Structures"Thomas Walmsley5:12
3."The Golden Throne"Bagshaw4:10
4."Keep in the Dark"Walmsley4:36
5."Mesmerise"Bagshaw3:42
6."Move with the Season"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:10
7."Colours to Life"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:11
8."A Question Isn't Answered"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
5:11
9."The Guesser"Bagshaw4:06
10."Test of Time"Bagshaw3:53
11."Sand Dance"Walmsley6:31
12."Fragment's Light"
  • Bagshaw
  • Walmsley
1:57
Total length:52:48
Sun Structures – Japanese edition bonus tracks[15]
No.TitleLength
13."Shelter Song" (Society Remix)3:09
14."Mesmerise" (Time and Space Machine Remix)7:33
Sun Structures – iTunes Store deluxe edition bonus tracks[16]
No.TitleLength
13."Shelter Song" (Jagwar Ma Jono's Wrong Mix)5:26
14."Shelter Song" (Justin Robertson's Deadstock 33s Remix)6:21
15."Mesmerise" (Time and Space Machine Remix)7:33
16."Shelter Song" (Society Remix)3:09

Personnel

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Temples

  • James Bagshaw
  • Thomas Walmsley
  • Adam Smith
  • Samuel Toms

Technical

  • James Bagshaw – production (all tracks); mixing (tracks 1, 12)
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – mixing (tracks 2–11)
  • Noel Summerville – mastering

Artwork

  • Abbie Stephens – artwork, photography
  • Zoë Maxwell – artwork, photography
  • Thomas Caslin – design, layout

Charts

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Chart performance for "Sun Structures"
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] 55
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[18] 69
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 80
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 58
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21] 36
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 66
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 47
Irish Albums (IRMA)[24] 69
Irish Independent Albums (IRMA)[25] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 24
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[29] 2
US Billboard 200[30] 163
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[31] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[32] 31
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[33] 44
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[34] 21

Release history

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Release history for Sun Structure
Region Date Label Ref.
Japan 5 February 2014 Hostess [15]
Australia 7 February 2014 [PIAS] Australia [35]
Ireland Heavenly [36]
United Kingdom 10 February 2014 [37]
France [PIAS] Cooperative [38]
United States 11 February 2014 Fat Possum [39]
Germany 14 February 2014 [PIAS] Cooperative [40]

References

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