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Closer to Grey is the seventh and final studio album by American electronic music band Chromatics, released through Italians Do It Better without prior announcement on October 2, 2019.[12] It is their first album in seven years, and follows the continuing delay of Dear Tommy, originally teased in 2014.[13] On March 31, 2020, the band released a companion album titled Faded Now [14] which included remixes from Closer to Grey, as well as covers and new material.[15] All the tracks that compose this double feature are included in the Deluxe Edition of Closer to Grey,[16] as well as instrumental and a cappella versions of some songs.

Closer to Grey
Studio album by Chromatics
Released	October 2, 2019 (2019-10-02)
Length	45:46
Label	Italians Do It Better
Producer	Johnny Jewel
Chromatics chronology
Kill for Love (2012) Closer to Grey (2019)
Singles from Closer To Grey
"The Sound of Silence" Released: December 13, 2019

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	9/10[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Exclaim!	8/10[5]
The Guardian	[6]
The Line of Best Fit	8.5/10[7]
No Ripcord	7/10[8]
Paste	8.4/10[9]
Pitchfork	7.1/10[10]
Slant Magazine	[11]

Background

The title track, "Closer to Grey", was released in 2014 through Johnny Jewel's SoundCloud.[17] The first track, "The Sound of Silence", is a cover of the Simon & Garfunkel song.[18] The tenth track, "On the Wall", is a cover of The Jesus and Mary Chain song. The cover of the record represents Closer to Grey as the seventh Chromatics album, turning Dear Tommy (the would-be sixth unreleased album) into a "lost" record.[19]

Track listing

Critical reception

Year-end rankings

Year-end and decade-end lists

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Afisha Daily (Russia)	The Best Foreign Albums of 2019	9	[22]

References

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