Grey Oceans

Grey Oceans is the fourth studio album by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Sub Pop on April 30, 2010.[1][2]

Grey Oceans
Studio album by CocoRosie
Released	April 30, 2010
Genre	Freak folk art rock electronic hip hop
Length	46:23
Label	Sub Pop
Producer	CocoRosie Dave Sitek
CocoRosie chronology
The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn (2007) Grey Oceans (2010) Tales of a GrassWidow (2013)
Alternative cover
Vinyl edition cover

Background

In July of 2009, CocoRosie had begun work on Grey Oceans, aiming to release the album in 2010.[1] On February 14, 2010, upon the announcement of the album's upcoming release, it was revealed that CocoRosie was no longer signed to Touch and Go Records and had begun working with record label Sub Pop.[1][3] The album was recorded in five different countries.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	C+[6]
Beats Per Minute	67%[7]
Filter	83%[8]
MusicOMH	[9]
NME	7/10[10]
Pitchfork	5.1/10[11]
Slant Magazine	[12]
The Skinny	[13]
URB	[14]

Grey Oceans received mixed reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the album an average score of 60, based on 21 reviews.[4] Music webzine The Line of Best Fit named it the 47th best album of 2010.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sierra Rose Casady, Bianca Leilani Casady and Gaël Alfred Rakotondrabé, former member of the group.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trinity's Crying"	4:40
2.	"Smokey Taboo"	4:44
3.	"Hopscotch"	3:05
4.	"Undertaker"	3:48
5.	"Grey Oceans"	4:28
6.	"R.I.P. Burn Face"	4:34
7.	"The Moon Asked the Crow"	3:46
8.	"Lemonade"	5:10
9.	"Gallows"	4:25
10.	"Fairy Paradise"	4:18
11.	"Here I Come"	3:25
Total length:		46:23

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Surfer Girl"	4:17
13.	"St. Michael"	4:06
Total length:		54:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• CocoRosie – lyrics, music, production
• Gael Rakotondrabe – piano, keyboards
• Gustavo "Bolsa" Gonzalez – drums (3)
• Christina Chalmers – vocals (4)
• Martin Pantirer – bass clarinet (4, 7), alto saxophone (4, 7)
• Neda Sanai – vocals (6)
• Dave Sitek – production (6, 8, 10)
• Todd Simon – trumpet (8)
• Florence Fritz – violin (9), vocals (9)
• Nico Kalwill – engineering, mixing
• Zephyrus Sowers – additional engineering (6, 8, 10)
• Matt Greene – cover photography
• David Babbitt – layout

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	49
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18]	59
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	96
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	43

References

1. Hughes, Josiah (February 24, 2010). "CocoRosie Sign with Sub Pop, Explore Grey Oceans This May". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
2. Breihan, Tom (March 24, 2010). "New Release: CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
3. Cohen, Ian (May 12, 2010). "CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
4. "Grey Oceans by CocoRosie". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
5. Phares, Heather. "Grey Oceans - CocoRosie". AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
6. Mincher, Chris (May 11, 2010). "CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
7. Hakimian, Rob (May 12, 2010). "Album Review: CocoRosie - Grey Oceans". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
8. Scrudato, Ken (May 18, 2010). "CocoRosie". Filter. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
9. Shepherd, Sam (May 3, 2010). "CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". MusicOMH. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
10. Snapes, Laura (April 30, 2010). "Album Review: CocoRosie - 'Grey Oceans' (Sub Pop)". NME. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
11. Cohen, Ian (May 12, 2010). "CocoRosie: Grey Oceans". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
12. Cataldo, Jesse (May 6, 2010). "Review: CocoRosie, Grey Oceans". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
13. Mayberry, Lauren (April 23, 2010). "CocoRosie - Grey Oceans". The Skinny. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
14. Madden, Dave (May 21, 2010). "CocoRosie – Grey Oceans (Review)". URB. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
15. "The Line Of Best Fit // Albums of 2010". The Line of Best Fit. December 17, 2010. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
16. "Austriancharts.at – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
17. "Ultratop.be – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
18. "Ultratop.be – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
19. "Lescharts.com – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
20. "Offiziellecharts.de – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
21. "Swisscharts.com – CocoRosie – Grey Oceans". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 9, 2020.

External links

• Grey Oceans at Discogs (list of releases)