Circuital

Circuital
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 31, 2011
RecordedLouisville, Kentucky
Genre
Length45:07
LanguageEnglish
LabelATO Records (US/Canada)
Rough Trade (UK)
Spunk Records/EMI (Australia)
Producer
My Morning Jacket chronology
Evil Urges
(2008)
Circuital
(2011)
The Waterfall
(2015)
Singles from Circuital
  1. "Holdin on to Black Metal"
    Released: March 4, 2011
  2. "The Day Is Coming"
    Released: May 31, 2011
  3. "Outta My System"
    Released: September 31, 2011

Circuital is the sixth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket. It was released on May 31, 2011.

The album received mainly positive reviews and sold 55,000 copies in the first week of release.[1] It debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, improving on the band's previous highest debuting album Evil Urges, which entered the chart at number 9. This album peaked #1 on the independent albums chart,#3 on the rock albums, and #3 on the alternative albums charts.[2][3] The album has sold 208,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.[4]

The album was also released as a double 12" 45 RPM vinyl set and as a deluxe vinyl edition. As promotion for the album, the band gave away one free download per week for six weeks until April 12. The first five tracks were recorded during their shows at New York's Terminal 5 in October 2010, while the final download was the new album's title track.

  1. ^ Sisario, Ben "In 2nd Week, Lady Gaga's Sales Plummet, but She's Still No. 1" The New York Times – June 8, 2011
  2. ^ "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2011".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2011-12-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on April 25, 2015.