Sixteen Oceans

Sixteen Oceans is the tenth studio album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 13 March 2020.^[7] The album contains the previously released single "Teenage Birdsong".^[8] To support the album, another single named "Baby", featuring vocals by British singer Ellie Goulding, was released on 23 January 2020.^[9] A third single titled "4T Recordings" was released on 3 March 2020.^[7]

Sixteen Oceans
Studio album by Four Tet
Released	13 March 2020 (2020-03-13)
Length	54:37
Label	Text
Producer	Kieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
New Energy (2017) Sixteen Oceans (2020) Parallel (2020)
Singles from Sixteen Oceans
"Teenage Birdsong" Released: 17 April 2019 "Baby" Released: 23 January 2020 "4T Recordings" Released: 3 March 2020

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
musicOMH	[4]
Paste	7.3/10[5]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[6]

Announcement

On 21 January 2020, Four Tet posted an image on his Instagram account of a Post-it note with the title and the track listing of the album, and the message "new album released March 2020".^[10][11]

Track listing

Sixteen Oceans track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"School"	4:02
2.	"Baby"	4:24
3.	"Harpsichord"	2:53
4.	"Teenage Birdsong"	3:25
5.	"Romantics"	4:57
6.	"Love Salad"	7:20
7.	"Insect Near Piha Beach"	5:15
8.	"Hi Hello"	0:48
9.	"ISTM"	0:40
10.	"Something in the Sadness"	5:11
11.	"1993 Band Practice"	1:05
12.	"Green"	3:48
13.	"Bubbles at Overlook 25th March 2019"	1:03
14.	"4T Recordings"	3:17
15.	"This Is for You"	2:05
16.	"Mama Teaches Sanskrit"	4:24
Total length:		54:37

Notes

• "Baby" features vocals by Ellie Goulding.

Charts

Chart performance for Sixteen Oceans

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	143
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	26
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	34
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard)[15]	22