Make It Be
| Make It Be | ||||
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 2017 cover. Illustration by Stephen Kalinich | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 18, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | November 2012 | |||
| Studio | Falkner's studio, Hollywood, CA | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 52:52 | |||
| R. Stevie Moore chronology | ||||
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Make It Be is the first collaborative studio album by American musicians R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner, self-released on January 10, 2015.[3] The album was recorded in November 2012. On March 10, 2017, it was reissued through Bar/None Records and was met with generally favorable reviews.[4]
The album consists of newly written material along with rerecordings of a few Moore songs.[5] Its reissue added one more track, "Horror Show", written by Falkner.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [1] |
| PopMatters |   [6] |
| The Wire | [7] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, Make It Be received an average score of 79 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4] The Guardian's Gwilym Mumford wrote; "A certain tolerance for Moore’s loopier sound experiments and slam poetry skits may be required here, but for the most part this is an appealing mix of strangeness and sheen."[1] Tim Sendra of AllMusic reviewed that the "record is packed with really fun, great-sounding songs and moments where the guys sound like they're having a blast working together.[2] PopMatters' Jeff Beaudoin deemed the album "a fine, fine record that deserves to be heard now and well into the distant future."[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I H8 Ppl" | R. Stevie Moore | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Another Day Slips Away" |
| 4:30 |
| 3. | "I Love Us, We Love Me" | Moore | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Gower (Theme From A Scene)" |
| 1:39 |
| 5. | "Prohibited Permissions" | Moore | 0:31 |
| 6. | "Stamps" | Moore | 2:30 |
| 7. | "Guitar Interplé" |
| 1:30 |
| 8. | "Sincero Amore" |
| 3:20 |
| 9. | "Don't You Just Know It" | 3:42 | |
| 10. | "If You See Kay / Run For Your Lives!" |
| 3:50 |
| 11. | "Guitar Interplay Dos" |
| 2:45 |
| 12. | "That's Fine, What Time?" |
| 4:03 |
| 13. | "Play Myself Some Music" | Moore | 3:41 |
| 14. | "Passed Away Today" |
| 5:41 |
| 15. | "Album Drop" | Moore | 1:15 |
| 16. | "I Am The Best For You" | Moore | 4:49 |
| 17. | "Falkner Walk" | Moore | 0:57 |
| Total length: | 52:52 | ||
References
- ^ a b c Mumford, Gwilym (April 13, 2017). "R Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner: Make It Be review – loopy lo-fi intrigue". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c d Sendra, Tim. "Make It Be". AllMusic. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Moore, R. Stevie. "Make It Be [ltd ed]". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on April 7, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Make It Be". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ DeVille, Chris (March 3, 2017). "Stream R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner Make It Be". Stereogum.
- ^ a b Beaudoin, Jeff (March 29, 2017). "R. Stevie Moore and Jason Falkner: Make It Be". PopMatters.
- ^ "Make It Be". The Wire. March 2017. p. 50.
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