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Owls
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2001
GenreEmo,[1] indie rock, math rock
LabelJade Tree
ProducerSteve Albini
Owls chronology
Owls
(2001)
Two
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
LAS Magazinefavorable [3]
Ox-Fanzineunfavorable[4]
Pitchfork7/10[5]

Owls is the first studio album by Chicago-based indie rock band Owls.

Owls was featured in The A.V. Club's Best Music of the Decade "orphan" list (reserved for albums worth note that did not make the list).[6] Similarly, "Everyone Is My Friend" appeared on a best-of emo songs list by Vulture.[7]

Track listing

  1. "What Whorse You Wrote Id On"
  2. "Anyone Can Have a Good Time"
  3. "I Want the Quiet Moments of a Party Girl"
  4. "Everyone Is My Friend"
  5. "I Want the Blindingly Cute to Confide in Me"
  6. "For Nate's Brother Whose Name I Never Knew or Can't Remember"
  7. "Life in the Hair Salon-Themed Bar on the Island"
  8. "Holy Fucking Ghost"
  9. "Later" (Japanese Bonus Track)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Burgess, Aaron (March 1, 2016). "40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. ^ link
  3. ^ LAS Magazine review
  4. ^ Hiller, Joachim (September–November 2001). "Reviews: Owls / Owls LP/CD". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100614040204/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6073-owls/
  6. ^ "Best music: the orphans". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  7. ^ Cohen, Ian (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.