''Europe'' is the second full-length album from the
London
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indie pop
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group
Allo Darlin'
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. The album was released in May 2012 by
Fortuna Pop! in the United Kingdom and
Slumberland Records
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in the United States.
Reception
At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Europe'' received an
average
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score of 82, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on reviews from 18 critics.
''Europe'' was also tallied by Metacritic as the 32nd best reviewed album of 2012 by the end of the year by mainstream critics.
The album was listed at number 42 on ''
Rolling Stone
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''s list of the top 50 albums of 2012.
Track listing
# "Neil Armstrong" – 3:34
# "Capricornia" – 4:31
# "Europe" – 3:55
# "Some People Say" – 3:43
# "Northern Lights" – 3:06
# "Wonderland" – 3:34
# "Tallulah" – 4:48
# "The Letter" – 4:03
# "Still Young" – 4:52
# "My Sweet Friend" – 3:49
Personnel
* Elizabeth Morris – guitar, ukulele, vocals
* Michael Collins – drums, vocals
* Paul Rains – guitar,
lap steel guitar
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, vocals
* Bill Botting – bass, vocals
References
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2012 albums
Allo Darlin' albums
Slumberland Records albums
Fortuna Pop! Records albums