''Phase'' is the debut studio album by the English singer and songwriter

Jack Garratt Jack Robert Garratt (born 11 October 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and composer from Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. He released his debut studio album ''Phase'' on 19 February 2016. At the 2016 Brit Awards he received the Critics' ...

, released on 19 February 2016 by Island Records internationally and by

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in the

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. It debuted at number 3 on the

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on sales of 18,198.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 64, based on 15 reviews. Writing for '' Exclaim!'', Paula Reid called ''Phase'' "a strong start to Garratt's career," praising his vocal and lyrical work.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, all instruments, drum programming, production, mixing *

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– additional bass, guitars and keyboards * Carassius Gold – mixing * Brett Cox – mixing * Stuart Hawkes – mastering * Zoë Zimmer – design, photography, art direction

Charts

References

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