''Shape the Future'' is the eighth studio album by
Nightmares on Wax. It was released in 2018 on
Warp.
It peaked at number 19 on the
UK Independent Albums Chart
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Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 71, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[
Paul Carr of '']PopMatters
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'' gave the album 7 out of 10 stars, calling it "N.O.W's strongest and most cohesive album since the imperious '' In a Space Outta Sound''."[ Katie Hawthorne of '' The Skinny'' gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "You'll feel like you've heard these songs on the breeze before, or snatched them from the window of a passing car, but you couldn't have caught them without Nightmares on Wax's expert navigation."][
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Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2018 albums
Nightmares on Wax albums
Warp (record label) albums