Amnesty (I)

Amnesty (I)
Studio album by
Crystal Castles
ReleasedAugust 19, 2016
Recorded2015–2016
StudioKonk (London)[1]
GenreElectropop[2]
Length33:14
Label
Producer
Crystal Castles chronology
III
(2012) 		Amnesty (I)
(2016)
Singles from Amnesty (I)
  1. "Frail"
    Released: April 15, 2015
  2. "Their Kindness Is Charade (as Deicide)"
    Released: July 2, 2015
  3. "Concrete"
    Released: July 6, 2016
  4. "Char"
    Released: July 11, 2016
  5. "Fleece"
    Released: August 16, 2016
  6. "Sadist"
    Released: August 18, 2016

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Clash7/10[5]
Consequence of SoundB−[6]
Drowned in Sound6/10[7]
The Guardian[2]
Pitchfork6.8/10[8]
PopMatters[9]

Amnesty (I) (also titled Amnesty I[10] and sometimes referred to as Amnesty) is the fourth and final studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles, released on August 19, 2016, by Fiction Records and Casablanca Records.[11] It is their first album since the departure of previous frontwoman Alice Glass in 2014, and the first to feature new vocalist Edith Frances. It is also their first album not titled after their band name.

  1. ^ Exposito, Suzy (August 18, 2016). "Meet Crystal Castle' New Singer Edith Frances". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Carnwath, Ally (August 21, 2016). "Crystal Castles: Amnesty (I) review – brilliantly disjointed electropop". The Guardian. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Amnesty (I) by Crystal Castles". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Phares, Heather. "Crystal Castles – Amnesty". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. ^ Gray, Josh (August 18, 2016). "Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I)". Clash. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Madden, Michael (August 19, 2016). "Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  7. ^ Hanratty, Dave (August 18, 2016). "Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I)". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  8. ^ Rytlewski, Evan (August 30, 2016). "Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I)". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  9. ^ Duricy, Brian (August 30, 2016). "Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I)". PopMatters. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Amnesty I, by Crystal Castles". Bandcamp. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  11. ^ "Crystal Castles – 'Amnesty (I)' (LP)". Fiction Records. July 12, 2016. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2016.