Для = FOR

Для = FOR is a 2018 studio album by Russian pop musician Kate NV.

Reception
Для = FOR received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 86 out of 100, based on five reviews. Writing for Drowned in Sound, Max Pilley rated this release a 6 out of 10, praising individual tracks as well as Kate NV's live show, but writing that on this album "she retreats into a netherworld of amorphous, electronic filler, ruling herself out not just from crossover success but from most discerning interest". Pitchfork Media's Kevin Lozano rated Для = FOR an 8.1 out of 10, calling the music "surreal, otherworldly, and playfully inscrutable", with an "almost a painterly way to how [Kate NV] organizes sound". Adriane Pontecorvo of PopMatters rated this album a 7 out of 10, writing "Kate NV paints with weighty droplets, globs of synthesizer notes that evoke vintage Sesame Street segments and dilapidated music boxes even as their minimalism gives them a purely modern quality" and "it takes a close and discerning listen to pull apart the ways in which для FOR shows Kate NV's genius, but the time spent to do so is worthwhile". In Resident Advisor, Paul Clarke characterizes this release as a "colourful world of marimbas, chimes and synths from an inventive Russian artist", writing that these "tracks bustle with so much life, and so many details, that they seem like animated vignettes".

Track listing
All songs written by Kate Shilonosova, except lyrics on "Вас = YOU" adapted from a poem by Wassily Kandinsky.
 * 1) "Ухо = EAR" – 4:49
 * 2) "Два = TWO" – 1:37
 * 3) "Дуб = OAK" – 4:00
 * 4) "Как = HOW" – 4:27
 * 5) "Вас = YOU" – 3:46
 * 6) "Раз = ONE" – 2:50
 * 7) "Жук = BUG" – 4:16
 * 8) "Зря = SEE" – 4:59
 * 9) "Пес = DOG" – 3:28
 * 10) "Кто = WHO" – 3:11

Bonus track on Japanese edition
 * 1) "Дуб = Oak" (食品まつり A.k.a Foodman Remix) – 3:16

Personnel

 * Kate NV – instrumentation, vocals
 * Rachel Alina – mastering
 * Yusuke Tatewaki – liner notes on the Japanese edition
 * Will Work for Good – design