Songs from Before (Max Richter album)

Songs from Before
Studio album by Max Richter
Released	October 23, 2006
Studio	Eastcote Studios (London, England) The Exchange Studios (London, England)
Genre	Contemporary classical ambient
Length	37:18
Label	130701
Max Richter chronology
The Blue Notebooks (2004) Songs from Before (2006) 24 Postcards in Full Colour (2008)
Alternative cover
2014 reissue cover

Songs from Before is the 2006 album by neo-classical composer Max Richter, released on October 23, 2006 on 130701, an imprint of FatCat Records. The album was reissued on April 25, 2014 on Deutsche Grammophon.

Songs from Before received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics.

Grayson Currin of Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, stating, "Richter takes techniques from the classics and modifies their approach to make more appropriate-- but no less efficacious-- statements for his own circumstances. Given Songs from Before's thematic conceit, this is appropriate: Richter isn't interested in changing the way the world hears his music as much as idealizing how he wants to hear it. He resurrects past idols for present idioms, his heroes, proclivities and experiences donned as unrepentantly as the nostalgia at Songs' core."

All tracks written by Max Richter.