Lookaftering

Lookaftering
Lookaftering
Studio album by Vashti Bunyan
Released	October 17, 2005
Studio	Sound Cafe, Nine Mile Burn; Cava, Glasgow; Eastcore Studios, London
Genre	Folk, psychedelic folk
Length	35:31
Label	FatCat
Producer	Max Richter
Vashti Bunyan chronology

Lookaftering is the second studio album by Vashti Bunyan.^[1] It was released via FatCat Records on October 17, 2005.^[2] It is the follow-up to 1970's Just Another Diamond Day.^[3] Tentatively named Dead Pets, Bunyan changed the album's title to Lookaftering, a word used in her family meaning "to care for someone or something."^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	85/100^[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	C+^[7]
The Guardian	^[8]
Mojo	^[9]
Pitchfork	8.5/10^[10]
PopMatters	8/10^[11]
Q	^[12]
Stylus Magazine	B+^[13]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[14]
Uncut	10/10^[15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Lookaftering received an average score of 85% based on 21 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[5]

Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a gorgeously considered, stunningly and sensitively crafted album by an artist who is truly outside of all fashion, all time, and even space."^[6] He added, "Without the technological trappings, this album, timeless and spaceless as it is, could have been made 300 years ago, but that it was made in the 21st century blesses you even more."^[6]

Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on its list of the "Top 50 Albums of 2005".^[16] PopMatters placed it at number 50 on its list of the "Best 50 Albums of 2005".^[17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vashti Bunyan.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lately"	2:21
2.	"Here Before"	2:05
3.	"Wayward"	3:06
4.	"Hidden"	3:20
5.	"Against the Sky"	3:10
6.	"Turning Backs"	4:28
7.	"If I Were"	2:15
8.	"Same but Different"	3:38
9.	"Brother"	2:10
10.	"Feet of Clay"	4:29
11.	"Wayward Hum"	4:26
Total length:		35:31

Personnel

Vashti Bunyan – acoustic guitar, vocals
Max Richter – piano, glockenspiel, Hammond organ, Mellotron, vibraphone, Fender Rhodes, wineglasses
Kevin Barker – electric guitar
Devendra Banhart – acoustic guitar
Marcelo DeOliviera – acoustic guitar
Rebecca Wood – oboe, cor anglais
Robert Kirby – French horn, trumpet
Joanna Newsom – harp
Adam Pierce – dulcimer
Adem – harmonium, autoharp
Fiona Brice – strings
Ian Burdge – strings
Gillon Cameron – strings
John Mercalfe – strings
Frances Dewar – strings

References

^ Carroll, Jim (24 November 2009). "Archive: Vashti Bunyan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ "Lookaftering". FatCat Records. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Murphy, Matthew (23 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Bunyan, Vashti (2022). Wayward: Just Another Life to Live. White Rabbit. p. 144. ISBN 978 1 4746 2196 0.
^ ^a ^b "Lookaftering by Vashti Bunyan". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jurek, Thom. "Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Browne, David (28 October 2005). "EW reviews four lost psychedelic folkies". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Simpson, Dave (13 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ An oddly seamless follow-up to its distant predecessor. [Nov 2005, p.110]
^ Murphy, Matthew (27 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Adcock, Zack (1 November 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ There's still something truly magical in the wistful clarity of her voice. [Nov 2005, p.131]
^ Powell, Mike (4 November 2005). "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Willcoma. "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ Lookaftering is some kind of miracle. [Nov 2005, p.100]
^ "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". Pitchfork. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
^ "The Best 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". PopMatters. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

External links

Lookaftering at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Carroll, Jim (24 November 2009). "Archive: Vashti Bunyan". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[2] "Lookaftering". FatCat Records. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[3] Murphy, Matthew (23 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[4] Bunyan, Vashti (2022). Wayward: Just Another Life to Live. White Rabbit. p. 144. ISBN 978 1 4746 2196 0.

[metacritic-5] "Lookaftering by Vashti Bunyan". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[allmusic-6] Jurek, Thom. "Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[7] Browne, David (28 October 2005). "EW reviews four lost psychedelic folkies". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[8] Simpson, Dave (13 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[9] An oddly seamless follow-up to its distant predecessor. [Nov 2005, p.110]

[10] Murphy, Matthew (27 October 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". Pitchfork. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[11] Adcock, Zack (1 November 2005). "Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[12] There's still something truly magical in the wistful clarity of her voice. [Nov 2005, p.131]

[13] Powell, Mike (4 November 2005). "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[14] Willcoma. "Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[15] Lookaftering is some kind of miracle. [Nov 2005, p.100]

[16] "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". Pitchfork. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

[17] "The Best 50 Albums of 2005 (1/5)". PopMatters. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

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