Club 's Sean O'Neal commented that 'Khan's sublime voice easily distracts from any lyrical ponderousness, and it lends even lines about 'diamonds burning through rainbows' a dreamy sort of sense.' The Guardian 's Dorian Lynskey called it 'fantastic as well as fantastical', noting that 'hereas her debut relied on charisma and imagination to paper over the songwriting cracks, is agleam with striking melodies'. Barry Walters of Spin wrote that 'this art-rockJoan of Arc gushes duality motifs that thwart narrative but overflow with moonstruck sensuality.' The A.V. Kevin Liedel of Slant Magazine called it 'dark, but never needlessly so', and wrote that it 'offers a rich, distinct world of subterranean lullabies, spacey timbres, and ghostly beauty.' Mark Pytlik of Pitchfork called it a 'significant step forward from her debut' and 'home to some of the year's most thrilling music so far.' Tim Chester of NME described Two Suns as 'a brilliant pop album', commenting that it is 'epic in scope and ambition and requires a similarly epic patience to unravel its charms'. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 32 reviews. Two Suns received generally positive reviews from music critics. The song 'Glass' was used in the trailer for the 2012 video game Assassin's Creed III: Liberation.
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Both 'Siren Song' and the 909s in DarkTimes mix of 'Sleep Alone' were featured in the first season of the American supernatural drama television series The Vampire Diaries, while only the latter was included on the series' soundtrack album. 'Daniel' was released on 1 March 2009 as the album's lead single, reaching number thirty-six on the UK Singles Chart. Īccording to the accompanying press release, Two Suns is 'a record of modern-day fables exploring dualities on a number of levels-two lovers, two planets, two sides of a personality', bringing reflection about 'the philosophy of the self and duality, examining the need for both chaos and balance, for both love and pain, in addition to touching on metaphysical ideas concerning the connections between all existence.' In Two Suns, Khan also presents an alter ego named Pearl, described by the press release as 'a destructive, self-absorbed, blonde, femme fatale of a persona who acts as a direct foil to Khan's more mystical, desert-born spiritual self.' Promotion As of June 2012, the album had sold 250,000 copies worldwide. It debuted at number two on Billboard 's Heatseekers Albums chart and has sold 56,000 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. On 31 July 2009, Two Suns was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for shipments of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Additionally, it was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in 2009, Khan's second nomination after Fur and Gold in 2007.
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Two Suns was recorded in segments in California, New York City, London, Brighton and Wales. The album was produced by Khan herself and David Kosten (who also worked on her debut album Fur and Gold), and features collaborations with members of Yeasayer and Scott Walker. It was released on 3 April 2009 by The Echo Label and Parlophone. Two Suns is the second studio album by English singer Bat for Lashes.