''Take Care, Take Care, Take Care'' is the sixth studio album by American

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Explosions in the Sky Explosions in the Sky is an American post-rock band from Texas. The quartet originally played under the name Breaker Morant, then changed to the current name in 1999. The band has garnered popularity beyond the post-rock scene for their elabor ...

, which was released on April 18, 2011, in the UK, April 25, 2011, in Europe, and April 26, 2011, in the US.

Design

Both the

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and vinyl editions of the album case can be unfolded to form a model of a house (with either red or green walls). If viewed from the inside, the view from the door of the house is overlooking a

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across a plain. A poster of an un-kept lawn to place the house on and a "postcard from 1952" with the track listing was included also. Early printings of the vinyl had colored vinyl and etchings of floorboards on one side.

Reception

The album mostly received positive reviews from critics, peaking at #81 on the

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assigned it an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 31 reviews. Gregory Heaney of AllMusic compliments the album, saying "it feels as though Explosions in the Sky have developed an even greater sense of patience, allowing songs to build up more intricately without rushing their way into a huge moment of distortion-filled catharsis." Kevin Liedel of Slant Magazine gave it a 3 out of 5, saying "In the end, the Texas band can't help but eventually indulge their desire to produce epic, guitar-driven film-score material, and after some initial feints into other territory, Take Care is business as usual."Liedel, Kevin
Explosions In The Sky: Take Care Take Care Take Care
slantmagazine.com. Retrieved on May 2, 2011.

Track listing

References

2011 albums Explosions in the Sky albums Temporary Residence Limited albums Albums produced by John Congleton Albums recorded at Sonic Ranch Instrumental albums {{2010s-rock-album-stub