Space Is Only Noise is the debut studio album by Chilean-American musician Nicolás Jaar, released on 28 January 2011 by Circus Company.

In 2012 it was awarded a silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 20,000 copies throughout Europe.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Space Is Only Noise received an average score of 86, based on 15 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Resident Advisor named it album of the year and Pitchfork placed the album at number 20 on its list of the "Top 50 albums of 2011". Pitchfork also placed the song "Space Is Only Noise If You Can See" at number 44 on its list "The Top 100 Tracks of 2011". In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the album at number 148 on their list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s".

Accolades + Publications' year-end list appearances for Space Is Only NoiseCritic/PublicationListRankRef BrooklynVegan BrooklynVegans Top 141 Albums of the 2010s52 Cokemachineglow Cokemachineglows Top 50 Albums of 201140 Crack Magazine Crack Magazines Top 100 Albums of the 2010s62 Drowned in Sound Drowned in Sounds Top 75 Albums of 201150 Gorilla vs. Bear Gorilla vs. Bears Top 30 Albums of 201130 MusicOMH MusicOMHs Top 50 Albums of 201138 The Needle Drop The Needle Drops Top 50 Albums of 20119 No Ripcord No Ripcords Top 50 Albums of 201121 Pitchfork Pitchforks Top 50 Albums of 201120 Pitchforks Top 200 Albums of the 2010s148 Pretty Much Amazing Pretty Much Amazings Top 40 Albums of 201136 Resident Advisor Resident Advisors Top 20 Albums of 20111 Stereogum Stereogums Top 50 Albums of 201139

Track listing

The original track listing features "I Got A" as track 6, but this track was later removed from the album due to an uncleared sample. Subsequently, the original 14-track version of the album was pulled from stores and replaced with a 13 track version, the same one which can be found on streaming services.

Charts +Chart performance for Space Is Only Noise Chart (2011) Peakposition

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