Avalanche (Quadron album) - Composition

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Avalanche is the second studio album by Danish soul pop duo Quadron. It was released on 31 May 2013 through Vested in Culture and Epic Records. Upon its release, Avalanche received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews.[3] Despite its positive reception, the album was a relative commercial failure, only peaking at number 115 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. In the group's native Denmark the album achieved greater commercial success, spending 12 weeks in the top 10 of the charts and was eventually certified gold for 10,000 copies sold.[14]

Avalanche

Studio album by

Quadron

Released

31 May 2013

Genre

Soul, pop

Label

Vested in Culture, Epic

Producer

Robin Hannibal, Fraser T Smith, Derek Ali, Sylvia Rhone (exec.), Tricky Stewart (exec.)

Quadron chronology

Quadron
(2009)

Avalanche
(2013)

Singles from Avalanche

"Hey Love"
Released: 1 March 2013
"Favorite Star"
Released: 3 June 2013[1]
"LFT"
Released: 11 November 2013[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
AMPYA	(7/10)[5]
eMusic	[6]
Exclaim!	9/10[7]
Filter	[8]
Now	[9]
Pitchfork Media	(7/10)[10]
Popmatters	(7/10)[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Today	[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"LFT"	Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj, Robin Hannibal	Hannibal, Kuk Harrell^[a]	3:29
2.	"Favorite Star"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal, Harrell^[a]	3:21
3.	"Hey Love"	Hannibal, Karshøj, Fraser T Smith, Ali Tamposi	Smith, Hannibal, Harrell^[a]	3:23
4.	"Crush"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:44
5.	"Befriend"	Karshøj, Hannibal, August Rosenbaum	Hannibal	4:16
6.	"Neverland"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:38
7.	"It's Gonna Get You"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum	Hannibal, Harrell^[a]	3:26
8.	"Better Off" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)	Karshøj, Hannibal, Kendrick Duckworth	Hannibal, Derek "MixedByAli" Ali	4:24
9.	"Sea Salt"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Rosenbaum	Hannibal	3:08
10.	"Avalanche"	Karshøj, Hannibal	Hannibal	3:45

iTunes Store additional track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Something That You Like"	Karshøj, Hannibal, Om'Mas Keith	4:08

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.[15]

Marcel Camargo - guitar
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – arrangement, engineer, producer
Anita Marisa Boriboon – design
Delbert Bowers – mixing assistant
Pablo Calogero – baritone saxophone
Errol Cooney – guitar
Claire Courchene – cello
Thomas Drayton – bass
Fraser T Smith – composer, drums, percussion, piano, producer
Chris Galland – mixing assistant
Robin Hannibal – arrangement, composer, engineer, instrumentation, mixing assistant, producer
Kuk Harrell – engineer, vocal engineer, vocal producer
Eliot Hazel – photography
Hans Hvidberg – drums
Peter Jacobsen – cello
Coco O. – art direction, composer, lyrics, vocals
Dave Kutch – mastering
Kendrick Lamar – composer
Elizabeth Lea – trombone
Tom Lea – viola, violin
Dan Lead – guitar, pedal steel guitar
Alan Lightner – steel drums
Manny Marroquin – mixing
Gloria Noto – make-up
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer
Sylvia Rhone – executive producer
August Rosenbaum – composer, keyboards, organ, synthesizer
John Ruggiero – hair stylist
Andrew Schwartz – engineer
Todd Simon – flugelhorn, trumpet
Tricky Stewart – executive producer
Ali Tamposi – composer
Marcos Tovar – engineer
Steven Valenzuela – engineer
Tracy Wannomae – clarinet, flute, saxophone

Chart positions

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16]	3
US Billboard 200[17]	115
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[18]	1

Release history

List of release dates, with country released, format, record label and edition
Country	Date	Format(s)	Label
Germany	31 May 2013[19]	Digital download	Vested in Culture, Epic Records
Denmark[20]	3 June 2013	CD, digital download
United States[21]	June 4, 2013	CD, digital download
Germany[22]	14 June 2013	CD

References

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"Ny musik på P3: Mystiske kvinder og en farlige kattemis". Dr.dk. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2013-11-13.
"Avalanche Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Kellman, Andy. "Avalanche - Quadron". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Rindt, Sascha (13 September 2013). "Quadron machen Wohlfühlpop mit Retro-Zitaten" (in German). AMPYA. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Walters, Barry (24 May 2013). "Quadron, Avalanche". eMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Patrick, Ryan (2013-05-31). "Quadron - Avalanche". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Lemmon, Kyle (2013-06-03). "Reviews - Quadron". Filter. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
LeConte, Julia (2013-06-07). "Quadron - Avalanche". Now. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Ryce, Andrew (12 June 2013). "Quadron: Avalanche". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Leight, Elias (29 July 2013). "Quadron: Avalanche". Popmatters. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Hermes, Will (2013-06-04). "Quadron, 'Avalanche'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
Toh, Christopher (9 August 2013). "Avalanche (Quadron)". Today. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
"CERTIFICERINGER" (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
"Avalanche - Quadron : Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
"Danishcharts.dk – Quadron – Avalanche". Hung Medien.
"Quadron Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
"Quadron Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
"Quadron - Downloads". Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
"Quadron følger 'Hey Love' op med internationalt album". Sony Music Entertainment (Denmark) A/S. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
"Quadron Talks 'Avalanche' Album, Performs 'Hey Love' & 'Favorite Star'". Billboard. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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