A Humdrum Star

A Humdrum Star is the fourth studio album by the English band GoGo Penguin. It was released in February 2018 by Blue Note Records.

A Humdrum Star
Studio album by GoGo Penguin
Released	9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)
Recorded	10–23 June 2017 (2017-06-10 – 2017-06-23) [1]
Studio	Low Four, Manchester, England[2]
Length	50:41
Label	Blue Note
GoGo Penguin chronology
Man Made Object (2016) A Humdrum Star (2018) GoGo Penguin (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Clash	8/10[4]
The Line of Best Fit	[5]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prayer"	2:54
2.	"Raven"	4:57
3.	"Bardo"	7:14
4.	"A Hundred Moons"	4:27
5.	"Strid"	8:10
6.	"Transient State"	5:59
7.	"Return to Text"	5:22
8.	"Reactor"	6:17
9.	"Window"	5:21

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	75
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	46
French Albums (SNEP)[9]	86
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10]	41
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]	158
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	192
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	73
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)[14]	5