''11'' is the seventh studio album from British

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band Sault, one of the five released for free via digital distribution on 1 November 2022 (along with '' Aiir'', ''

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'', '' Today & Tomorrow'', and '' Untitled (God)''). The download was available for only five days via a password-encrypted link and made as an offering to God. Four of the five (excluding ''Untitled (God)'') were released on streaming music services on 12 November.

Critical reception

Writing for ''

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'', Ali Shutler reviewed all five simultaneous releases by Sault and gave them a collective four out of five stars, noting that ''11'' feels like a direct sequel to '' Nine'', "pulling from Afrobeats and

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". In an overview of the best music of the week on '' All Songs Considered'', NPR considers the five releases "as sonically diverse as they are ambitious in their breadth and scale". Damien Morris of '' The Observer'' reviewed all five albums and scored them five stars, noting that "anyone can find their own five-star classic among these 56 songs" and summing up that "it's clear that these albums are an act of supreme generosity, not indulgent superfluity". Writing for '' Gigwise'', Luke Winstanley called the collective releases "an absurd achievement" and scored this album seven out of 10, but noting that it "soon begins to sag". ''11'' received Best Album at the 2023

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Track listing

#"Glory" – 5:37 #"Fear No One" – 2:50 #"Morning Sun" – 3:59 #"Together" – 3:39 #"Higher" – 3:41 #"Jack's Gift" – 4:05 #"Fight for Love" – 4:57 #"Envious" – 2:33 #"River" – 5:41 #"In the Air" – 3:52 #"The Circle" – 3:05

Charts

''11'' debuted on the UK Digital Albums chart from the

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at 23. The same week, ''Earth'' was 21, ''Untitled (God)'' showed up at 23, and ''Today & Tomorrow'' was 26.

References

External links

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Brief overview of the five albums
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