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| Released | March 26, 2013 | |||
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| Length | 41:59 | |||
| Label | Ghost Ramp, Mom + Pop Music, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | John Hill | |||
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Afraid of Heights is the fourth studio album by the American alternative rock band Wavves. The album was released on March 26, 2013 through Ghost Ramp, Warner Bros. Records and Mom + Pop Music. [4] [5] [6] [7]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [9] |
| Consequence of Sound | [10] |
| NME | 7/10 [11] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.8/10 [12] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Slant Magazine | [13] |
| Spin | 6/10 [14] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [1] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [15] |
| Blurt | [16] |
Afraid of Heights received generally favorable reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [8]
All tracks are written by Nathan Williams, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sail to the Sun" | 3:14 |
| 2. | "Demon to Lean On" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Mystic" (Williams, Stephen Pope, John Hill) | 2:23 |
| 4. | "Lunge Forward" | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Dog" (Williams, Pope) | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Afraid of Heights" (featuring Jenny Lewis) (Williams, Pope) | 5:06 |
| 7. | "Paranoid" | 2:22 |
| 8. | "Cop" | 1:57 |
| 9. | "Beat Me Up" | 2:20 |
| 10. | "Everything Is My Fault" (Williams, Hill) | 2:38 |
| 11. | "That's on Me" (Williams, Pope) | 3:40 |
| 12. | "Gimme a Knife" | 2:54 |
| 13. | "I Can't Dream" | 5:13 |
| Total length: | 41:59 | |
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