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band Sault, one of five released for free via

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on 1 November 2022 (along with ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Today & Tomorrow'', and '' Untitled (God)''). The download was available for only five days via a password-encrypted link and made as an offering to God. Four of the five (excluding ''Untitled (God)'') were released on streaming music services on 12 November.

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Ali Shutler reviewed all five simultaneous releases by Sault and gave them a collective four out of five stars, noting that ''11'' feels like a direct sequel to ''

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'', "pulling from

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". In an overview of the best music of the week on ''

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considers the five releases "as sonically diverse as they are ambitious in their breadth and scale". Damien Morris of ''

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'' reviewed all five albums and scored them five stars, noting that "anyone can find their own five-star classic among these 56 songs" and summing up that "it’s clear that these albums are an act of supreme generosity, not indulgent superfluity". Writing for ''

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'', Luke Winstanley called the collective releases "an absurd achievement" and scored this album seven out of 10, but noting that it "soon begins to sag".

Track listing

#"Glory" – 5:37 #"Fear No One" – 2:50 #"Morning Sun" – 3:59 #"Together" – 3:39 #"Higher" – 3:41 #"Jack's Gift" – 4:05 #"Fight for Love" – 4:57 #"Envious" – 2:33 #"River" – 5:41 #"In the Air" – 3:52 #"The Circle" – 3:05

Charts

''11'' debuted on the UK Digital Albums chart from the

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at 23. The same week, ''Earth'' was 21, ''Untitled (God)'' showed up at 23, and ''Today & Tomorrow'' was 26.

References

External links

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Brief overview of the five albums
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Critical reception

Track listing

Charts

See also

References

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