Alopecia (album)
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.2/10[4] |
| The Skinny | [5] |
| Slant Magazine | [6] |
| Spin | 7/10[7] |
| The Stranger | [8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [9] |
| Variety | favorable[10] |
| The Village Voice | favorable[11] |
Alopecia is the second studio album by American rock band Why?. It was released on March 11, 2008 by Anticon.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Alopecia received an average score of 76% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Vowels, Pt. 2" | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Good Friday" | 3:50 |
| 3. | "These Few Presidents" | 3:04 |
| 4. | "The Hollows" | 3:55 |
| 5. | "Song of the Sad Assassin" | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Gnashville" | 3:49 |
| 7. | "Fatalist Palmistry" | 3:53 |
| 8. | "The Fall of Mr. Fifths" | 3:16 |
| 9. | "Brook & Waxing" | 2:35 |
| 10. | "A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under" | 2:29 |
| 11. | "Twenty Eight" | 0:44 |
| 12. | "Simeon's Dilemma" | 3:33 |
| 13. | "By Torpedo or Crohn's" | 4:04 |
| 14. | "Exegesis" | 1:37 |
Personnel
- Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf
- Josiah Wolf
- Doug McDiarmid
- Andrew Broder
- Mark Erickson
Additional performers include Doseone, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Nedelle Torrisi, Paul Flynn, Liz Hodson, Andrew McDiarmid, Deborah Ranker, and Jeremy Ylvisaker.
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Heatseekers Albums[12] | 28 |
References
- ^ a b "Alopecia - Why?". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Brown, Marisa. "Why? - Alopecia". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Diver, Mike (March 6, 2008). "Why? - Alopecia". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Crock, Jason (March 11, 2008). "WHY?: Alopecia". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Kerr, Dave (March 6, 2008). "WHY? - Alopecia". The Skinny. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ McBee, Wilson (March 12, 2008). "Why?: Alopecia". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Zimmerman, Shannon (April 15, 2008). "Why?, 'Alopecia' (Anticon)". Spin. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Grandy, Eric (March 6, 2008). "Album Reviews". The Stranger. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Canino, Jeffrey. "WHY? - Alopecia". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Lewis, David (April 4, 2008). "Review: 'WHY? – 'Alopecia". Variety. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ Gewolb, Matt (March 11, 2008). "Why?'s Alopecia". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ "Why? - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2016.