Alopecia (album)

Alopecia
Studio album by Why?
Released	March 11, 2008 (2008-03-11)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	44:56
Label	Anticon
Producer	Josiah Wolf Yoni Wolf
Why? chronology
Rubber Traits EP (2005) Alopecia (2008) Almost Live from Eli's Live Room (2008)
Singles from Alopecia
"The Hollows" Released: November 27, 2007 (2007-11-27) [1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Cokemachineglow	78/100 [5]
Pitchfork	8.2/10 [6]
The Skinny	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Spin	7/10 [9]
The Stranger	[10]
Variety	favorable [11]
The Village Voice	favorable [12]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[13]

Alopecia is the third ^[13] studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on March 11, 2008. ^[14]

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. ^[15]

Sampling

"The Fall of Mr. Fifths" samples dialogue spoken by Will Oldham in the film Old Joy . ^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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.

• Yoni Wolf – music, production, mixing, artwork
• Josiah Wolf – music, production, mixing
• Doug McDiarmid – music
• Andrew Broder – music
• Mark Erickson – music
• Doseone – additional contributions
• Jel – additional contributions
• Odd Nosdam – additional contributions
• Nedelle Torrisi – additional contributions
• Paul Flynn – additional contributions
• Liz Hodson – additional contributions
• Andrew McDiarmid – additional contributions
• Deborah Ranker – additional contributions
• Jeremy Ylvisaker – additional contributions
• Dee Kesler – additional contributions, mixing
• Tom Herbers – recording
• Eli Crews – mixing
• Mike Wells – mastering
• Sam Flax Keener – layout

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [17]	28

References

1. "The Hollows". Anticon . Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
2. "Alopecia by Why?". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. Brown, Marisa. "Alopecia - Why?". AllMusic . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Why?". Christgau's Consumer Guide . Retrieved July 22, 2018.
5. McGowan, Colin (March 24, 2008). "WHY?: Alopecia". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
6. Crock, Jason (March 11, 2008). "WHY?: Alopecia". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
7. Kerr, Dave (March 6, 2008). "WHY? - Alopecia". The Skinny . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
8. McBee, Wilson (March 12, 2008). "Why?: Alopecia". Slant Magazine . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
9. Zimmerman, Shannon (April 15, 2008). "Why?, 'Alopecia' (Anticon)". Spin . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
10. Grandy, Eric (March 6, 2008). "Album Reviews". The Stranger . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
11. Lewis, David (April 4, 2008). "Review: WHY? – 'Alopecia'". Variety . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
12. Gewolb, Matt (March 11, 2008). "Why?'s Alopecia". The Village Voice . Retrieved March 14, 2015.
13. Canino, Jeffrey. "Why? Alopecia". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved August 3, 2024.
14. "Alopecia". Anticon . Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
15. "The 100 Best Tracks of 2008 (page 1 of 11)". Pitchfork . December 15, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
16. Dogme, Ultra (2018-09-12). ""The conversation goes where it goes": An Interview with Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)". ULTRA DOGME. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
17. "Why? Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

External links

• Alopecia at Discogs (list of releases)