Mac Miller - Swimming

Released in August 2018, Swimming was the final album Mac Miller released in his lifetime, and it is widely regarded as his finest. Written in the aftermath of a difficult year, it is an honest, mellow record about trying to keep your head above water, and it later earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album.

Musically it is his most fully realized work, drifting through funk, soul and jazz-tinged hip hop with live bass, strings and warm keys. "Come Back To Earth" sets the tone, "Hurt Feelings" and "Self Care" became standouts, and "Small Worlds," "Ladders" and the closing "So It Goes" carry the album's quiet, searching mood.

It is a record that rewards close listening, and a moving document of an artist at the height of his powers.

This edition presents the thirteen-track album across two LPs.