''Love Letters'' is the fourth studio album by English

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band

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, released on 10 March 2014 by

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. It peaked at number seven on the

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, becoming the band's highest-charting album to date.

Reception

''Love Letters'' received mostly positive reviews from music critics. According to critic review aggregator

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, the album has received a score of 73 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Heather Phares of

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writes that "Musically and emotionally, ''Love Letters'' is rawer than what came before it, trading breezy synth pop for insistent psych-rock and soul influences. Confessional and insular, ''Love Letters'' is the work of a band willing to take pop success on their own terms and reveal a different – but just as appealing – side of their artistry in the process".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Love Letters''.

Metronomy

* Joseph Mount – vocals, guitar, drums, bass *

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– bass * Anna Prior – drums * Michael Lovett – keyboards * Oscar Cash – piano, keyboards

Additional musicians

* Gabriel Stebbing – acoustic guitar * Luke Oldfield – electric guitar * The Proper Ornaments – guitar * Airelle Besson, Daniel Zimmermann, Thomas Depourquery – horns (arranged by Airelle Besson) *

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, Jaelee Small, Kenzie May Bryant – backing vocals

Technical

* Joseph Mount – production * Ash Workman – co-production, engineering, mixing * Luke Oldfield – engineering,

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eration

Artwork

* Leslie David – artwork, art direction

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

In 2014, the album was certified Gold by the

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(IMPALA), denoting sales in excess of 75,000 copies across Europe.

References

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