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Heavy Light
Studio album by
U.S. Girls
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
Genre
Length37:29
Label4AD
ProducerMeghan Remy
U.S. Girls chronology
In a Poem Unlimited
(2018) 		Heavy Light
(2020) 		Bless This Mess
(2023)

Heavy Light is the seventh studio album by Toronto-based musician and producer Meghan Remy, under her solo project U.S. Girls. It was released March 6, 2020 under 4AD.[3][4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[5]
Metacritic82/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Crack Magazine8/10[8]
Exclaim!9/10[9]
God Is in the TV8/10[10]
The Line of Best Fit9/10[2]
NME[11]
Paste8.3/10[12]
Pitchfork8.5/10[1]
Spectrum Culture4.25/5[13]
Under the Radar8.5/10[14]

Heavy Light was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82, based on 16 reviews.[6]

The album received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[15]

Accolades

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Accolades for Heavy Light
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Paste Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
11
[16]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020
15
[17]

Track listing

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Heavy Light track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."4 American Dollars"
5:42
2."Overtime"
2:54
3."IOU"
  • Morel
  • Remy
4:42
4."Advice to Teenage Self" 0:50
5."State House (It's a Man's World)"
  • Remy
  • Maximilian Turnbull
1:43
6."Born to Lose"
  • Jack Name
3:07
7."And Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueve"
  • Morel
  • Remy
  • Kassie Richardson
3:36
8."The Most Hurtful Thing" 1:04
9."Denise, Don't Wait"
4:20
10."Woodstock '99"
2:36
11."The Color of Your Childhood Bedroom" 0:27
12."The Quiver to the Bomb"
  • Morel
  • Remy
4:23
13."Red Ford Radio"
  • Remy
2:05
Total length:37:29

References

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  1. ^ a b Kemp, Sophie (March 9, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Horton, Ross (March 2, 2020). "U.S. Girls balance the existential with vibrancy on Heavy Light". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. ^ Hussey, Allison (January 13, 2020). "U.S. Girls Announce New Album Heavy Light". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (March 4, 2020). "Pop Is Obsessed With What's Next. So U.S. Girls Revisited Her Past". The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  7. ^ Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Thomas, Katie. "Crack Magazine Review". Crack Magazine. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Bell, Kaelan (March 3, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. ^ Hobbs, Matt (March 9, 2020). "God Is In the TV Review". God Is in the TV. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  11. ^ Krol, Charlotte (March 4, 2020). "U.S. Girls – 'Heavy Light' review: frustrating filler pulls focus from flashes of brilliance". NME. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  12. ^ Jones, Austin (March 9, 2020). "U.S. Girls' Heavy Light Overflows with Empathy". Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  13. ^ Korber, Kevin (March 11, 2020). "Spectrum Culture Review". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  14. ^ Campbell, Caleb (March 5, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  15. ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "The Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)". Paste. June 8, 2020. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
  17. ^ Hussey, Allison (December 8, 2020). "The 50 Best Albums of 2020". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 9, 2020.


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