Actually, You Can

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Actually, You Can
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
Length32:16
Label Joyful Noise Recordings
Deerhoof chronology
Love-Lore
(2020)
Actually, You Can
(2021)
Miracle-Level
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 75/100 [1]
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The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [4]
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Paste 8.3/10 [6]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [7]
The Quietus Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Actually, You Can is the seventeenth studio album by the experimental rock band Deerhoof.

Track listing

Actually, You Can track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Be Unbarred, O Ye Gates of Hell"3:06
2."Department of Corrections"3:21
3."We Grew, and We Are Astonished"2:41
4."Scarcity is Manufactured"2:53
5."Ancient Mysteries, Described"3:37
6."Plant Thief"3:13
7."Our Philosophy Is Fiction"4:27
8."Epic Love Poem"3:39
9."Divine Comedy"5:16
Total length:32:16

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