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  <review>The Altar is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Banks, released on September 30, 2016 by Harvest Records. Producers Tim Anderson and Al Shux have worked on the album, who also contributed to Banks' debut studio album, Goddess.

The lead single from the album, "Fuck with Myself", was released on July 12, 2016, and premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. The album's second single, "Gemini Feed", premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on August 2, 2016, and was released digitally the following day. "Mind Games" was released on August 19, 2016 as the third single from the album.</review>
  <outline>The Altar is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Banks, released on September 30, 2016 by Harvest Records. Producers Tim Anderson and Al Shux have worked on the album, who also contributed to Banks' debut studio album, Goddess.

The lead single from the album, "Fuck with Myself", was released on July 12, 2016, and premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. The album's second single, "Gemini Feed", premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on August 2, 2016, and was released digitally the following day. "Mind Games" was released on August 19, 2016 as the third single from the album.</outline>
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  <title>The Altar</title>
  <year>2016</year>
  <premiered>2016-01-01</premiered>
  <releasedate>2016-01-01</releasedate>
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    <name>BANKS</name>
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    <name>BANKS</name>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 10 - Haunt</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 05 - Trainwreck</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 09 - Judas</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 02 - Fuck With Myself</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 12 - To the Hilt</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 03 - Lovesick</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 07 - Weaker Girl</title>
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  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 08 - Mother Earth</title>
  </track>
  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 11 - Poltergeist</title>
  </track>
  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 06 - This Is Not About Us</title>
  </track>
  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 04 - Mind Games</title>
  </track>
  <track>
    <title>BANKS - The Altar - 01 - Gemini Feed</title>
  </track>
  <artistdesc>Jillian Rose Banks (born June 16, 1988), known mononymously as Banks (often stylized as BANKS), is an American singer and songwriter. Following the release of two extended plays—Fall Over and London—in 2013, she signed with Harvest Records to release her debut studio album, Goddess (2014). It was met with positive critical reception and peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200, while its single, "Beggin for Thread" received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her second and third studio albums, The Altar (2016) and III were met with similar success, peaking at numbers 17 and 21 respectively on the chart; the latter saw her furthest critical acclaim.</artistdesc>
  <label>Harvest</label>
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