Alopecia (album)

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Alopecia
Alopecia why.jpg
Studio album by
Why?
ReleasedMarch 11, 2008 (2008-03-11)
Recorded2007
Genre Indie pop
Length44:56
Label Anticon
Producer
Why? chronology
Rubber Traits EP
(2005)		Alopecia
(2008)		Almost Live from Eli's Live Room
(2008)
Singles from Alopecia
  1. "The Hollows"
    Released: November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27) [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
Cokemachineglow 78/100 [5]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [6]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
The Stranger Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Variety favorable [11]
The Village Voice favorable [12]

Alopecia is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on March 11, 2008. [13]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Alopecia received an average score of 76% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Pitchfork placed "Fatalist Palmistry" at number 94 on the "100 Best Tracks of 2008" list. [14]

Sampling

"The Fall of Mr. Fifths" samples dialogue spoken by Will Oldham in the film Old Joy . [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Vowels, Pt. 2"4:04
2."Good Friday"3:50
3."These Few Presidents"3:04
4."The Hollows"3:55
5."Song of the Sad Assassin"4:13
6."Gnashville"3:49
7."Fatalist Palmistry"3:53
8."The Fall of Mr. Fifths"3:16
9."Brook & Waxing"2:35
10."A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under"2:29
11."Twenty Eight"0:44
12."Simeon's Dilemma"3:33
13."By Torpedo or Crohn's"4:04
14."Exegesis"1:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 28

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