Weird (album)
| Weird | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 18, 2019 | |||
| Studio | Q Division (Somerville)[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock[2], indie rock[3] | |||
| Length | 37:44 | |||
| Label | American Laundromat | |||
| Juliana Hatfield chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Paste | 7.3/10[2] |
| Under the Radar | 8/10[3] |
Weird is the seventeenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield.[6] It was released on January 18, 2019, through American Laundromat Records.[7] She began working on the record after wrapping up Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia-Newton-John. "I had a lot of musical ideas. I went back into the studio and recorded a bunch of music," she said in a 2019 interview about the album. "I took a month or two off to write lyrics. I don’t usually work like that. I usually have full songs written, but I just felt like I wanted to do things a little differently. What emerged was a portrait of my life right now, which is pretty solitary and slightly isolated but not unpleasantly so. I was exploring what it’s like to be alone a lot of the time. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes it could be a very good thing."[8]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Juliana Hatfield.[1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Staying In" | 3:52 |
| 2. | "It's So Weird" | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Sugar" | 2:57 |
| 4. | "Everything's for Sale" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "All Right, Yeah" | 2:25 |
| 6. | "Broken Doll" | 3:18 |
| 7. | "Receiver" | 3:43 |
| 8. | "Lost Ship" | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Paid to Lie" | 3:23 |
| 10. | "No Meaning" | 3:27 |
| 11. | "Do It to Music" | 4:22 |
| Total length: | 37:44 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]
- Juliana Hatfield – direction, guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals (all tracks); drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 11)
- James Bridges – engineering, mixing
- Sean Glonek – mastering
- Jed Davis – design, layout
- Freda Love Smith – drums (1, 6)
- Todd Phillips – drums (4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
References
- ^ a b c Weird (Media notes). Juliana Hatfield. American Laundromat Records. January 18, 2019.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b Zimmerman, Lee (January 28, 2019). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. Archived from the original on January 30, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Valish, Frank (January 25, 2019). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Weird - Juliana Hatfield". AllMusic. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (January 18, 2019). "Weird review – wry alt-rock storyteller shines anew". The Guardian. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ Blais-Billie, Braudie (October 17, 2018). "Juliana Hatfield Announces New Album Weird". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "Juliana Hatfield's Resilience". Whopperjaw. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
