''Shangri-La'' is the fifth studio album by American

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. It was released on June 21, 2011 via

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. Produced entirely by its member Jona Bechtolt, it marks the band's second album to include Claire L. Evans. It is a

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Critical reception

''Shangri-La'' was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an

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score of 75, based on twenty-one reviews. The aggregator

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has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.7 out of 10, based on twenty-two reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

* Jona Bechtolt — songwriter, producer, engineering, mixing * Claire L. Evans — songwriter *Rob "

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" Kieswetter — additional vocals & additional vocals arrangement (tracks: 1-5, 7, 10) *Ryann Bosetti — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 10) *Susannah Lipsey — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10) *Tim Johnson — additional vocals (tracks: 1, 6, 10) *Jeffrey Brodsky — drums (track 1), congas (track 5) *Nicholas Miller — additional vocals (track 6) *Wolf Carr — additional vocals (track 6) * Jherek Bischoff — strings arrangement & cello (track 10) *Paris Hurley — violin (track 10)

Charts

References

External links

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