The North Borders

The North Borders is the fifth studio album by British musician Bonobo. It was due for release on 1 April 2013, but was released early on 21 March in digital format after a promotional copy was leaked.^[12] The album charted at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart. As of 20 January 2017 it had sold 56,993 copies in UK.^[13]

The North Borders
Studio album by Bonobo
Released	21 March 2013
Genre	Electronic Trip hop ambient chill-out
Length	58:43
Label	Ninja Tune (ZEN195)
Producer	Bonobo
Bonobo chronology
Black Sands (2010) The North Borders (2013) Migration (2017)
Singles from The North Borders
"Cirrus" Released: 21 January 2013 "First Fires" Released: 20 May 2013

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Austin Chronicle	[3]
Clash	9/10[4]
Consequence of Sound	C+[5]
Drowned In Sound	7/10[6]
Exclaim!	7/10[7]
musicOMH	[8]
Pitchfork	6.0[9]
Q	[10]
PopMatters	[11]

Packaging

The artwork for North Borders and its singles were created by Australian art director and album artist Leif Podhajsky.^[14]

Track listing

Digital download and CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"First Fires" (featuring Grey Reverend)	Simon Green, Larry D. Brow	4:38
2.	"Emkay"	Green	5:25
3.	"Cirrus"	Green	5:52
4.	"Heaven for the Sinner" (featuring Erykah Badu)	Green, Erica Abi Wright	4:09
5.	"Sapphire"	Green	4:47
6.	"Jets"	Green	4:34
7.	"Towers" (featuring Szjerdene)	Green, Szjerdene	3:36
8.	"Don't Wait"	Green	5:17
9.	"Know You"	Green	4:05
10.	"Antenna"	Green	3:32
11.	"Ten Tigers"	Green	4:03
12.	"Transits" (featuring Szjerdene)	Green, Szjerdene	4:20
13.	"Pieces" (featuring Cornelia)	Green, Cornelia Dahlgren	4:27

Vinyl

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"First Fires" (featuring Grey Reverend)	Simon Green, Larry D. Brow	4:38
2.	"Emkay"	Green	5:25
3.	"Don't Wait"	Green	5:17
4.	"Cirrus"	Green	5:52
5.	"Heaven for the Sinner" (featuring Erykah Badu)	Green, Erica Abi Wright	4:09
6.	"Towers" (featuring Szjerdene)	Green, Szjerdene	3:36
7.	"Jets"	Green	4:34
8.	"Antenna"	Green	3:32
9.	"Know You"	Green	4:05
10.	"Ten Tigers"	Green	4:03
11.	"Sapphire"	Green	4:47
12.	"Transits" (featuring Szjerdene)	Green, Szjerdene	4:20
13.	"Pieces" (featuring Cornelia)	Green, Cornelia Dahlgren	4:27

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	29
UK Dance Albums Chart	4
UK Independent Albums Chart	4

Trivia

• The track "Ten Tigers" is probably named after the Ten Tigers of Canton.
• The track "Cirrus" was featured as the closing song of the pilot episode for the AMC show Halt and Catch Fire.^[15]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[16]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.