Awake (Tycho album)

Awake is the third studio album by the American ambient music project Tycho, released on March 18, 2014 by Ghostly International.^[11] It is the second album in a 'trilogy' by the project, beginning with Dive in 2011 and concluding with Epoch in 2016. To date it is his highest charting album in the United States peaking at 23.^[12]

Awake
Studio album by Tycho
Released	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Genre	Electronic ambient post-rock[1]
Length	36:44
Label	Ghostly International
Producer	Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Dive (2011) Awake (2014) Epoch (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B−[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[1]
musicOMH	[5]
NME	6/10[6]
Paste	7.3/10[7]
Pitchfork	7.0/10[8]
PopMatters	4/10[9]
Sputnikmusic	3.5/5[10]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 23 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Hansen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Awake"	4:43
2.	"Montana"	5:26
3.	"L"	4:37
4.	"Dye"	5:17
5.	"See"	5:18
6.	"Apogee"	4:20
7.	"Spectre"	3:46
8.	"Plains"	3:17
Total length:		36:44

Japanese edition bonus track^[13]

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Awake" (Ametsub Remix)	4:33
Total length:		41:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Awake.^[14]

• Scott Hansen – artwork, producer, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, live drums engineering, mastering, mixing
• Zac Brown – bass, guitar
• Rory O'Connor – live drums, live drums engineering
• Count – live drums engineering, mastering, mixing, production consultant
• Christopher Willits – mastering, production consultant
• Ricardo Ayala – live drums, assistant engineering

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[15] 104 Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[16] 143 UK Albums Chart[17] 159 UK Indie Albums Chart[18] 24 US Billboard 200[19] 23 US Dance/Electronic Albums[20] 2 US Independent Albums[21] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position US Dance/Electronic Albums[22] 18

Awake Remixes

Awake Remixes
Remix album by Tycho
Released	January 15, 2016 (2016-01-15)
Genre	Ambient post-rock
Label	Ghostly International
Producer	Scott Hansen
Tycho chronology
Awake (2014) Awake Remixes (2016)

As of September 2016 the album has sold over 70,000 copies.^[23]

In December 2015 the group announced the release of a remix album of Awake, which was released digitally on 15 January and physically in May, 2016 on Ghostly International.^[24]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Awake" (Com Truise Remix)	5:05
2.	"Montana" (Christopher Willits Remix)	8:05
3.	"L" (Dusty Brown Remix)	4:24
4.	"Dye" (Nitemoves Remix)	5:32
5.	"See" (Beacon Remix)	3:54
6.	"Apogee" (RJD2 Remix)	4:40
7.	"Spectre" (Bibio Remix)	4:18
8.	"Plains" (Baio Remix)	4:36
9.	"Montana" (Few Nolder Remix)	3:17

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2014) Peak position US Dance/Electronic Albums[25] 3 US Independent Albums[26] 42