About Farewell

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About Farewell
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2013 (2013-07-30)
Genre Indie folk
Length33:00
Label Rusted Blue Records
Alela Diane chronology
Alela Diane & Wild Divine
(2011)
About Farewell
(2013)
Cusp
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
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PopMatters 9/10 [5]

About Farewell is the fourth studio album by indie folk musician Alela Diane. It was released July 30, 2013 on her own Rusted Blue Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Colorado Blue"3:29
2."About Farewell"3:20
3."The Way We Fall"5:04
4."Nothing I Can Do"2:24
5."Lost Land"3:26
6."I Thought I Knew"2:08
7."Before the Leaving"2:56
8."Hazel Street"3:10
9."Black Sheep"3:53
10."Rose & Thorn"3:10

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 71
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 86
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 32
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 31

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