Planetarium (album)
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| Studio album by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister | |
| Released | June 9, 2017 |
| Length | 75:59 |
| Label | 4AD |
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Consequence of Sound | B |
| Exclaim! | 9/10 |
Planetarium is a collaborative album inspired by the Solar System, featuring Bryce Dessner of the American indie rock band The National, drummer James McAlister, American contemporary classical music composer and arranger Nico Muhly, and Sufjan Stevens. The album was released by 4AD on June 9, 2017. The group formally announced the recording on March 26, and shared the album's track listing along with the song "Saturn".
The album includes songs inspired by the Solar System. There are songs for the system's planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—as well as the dwarf planet, Pluto. There are also songs inspired by black holes, Halley's Comet, the Kuiper belt, the Moon, and the Sun.
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