Be Still Please

Be Still Please
Studio album by Portastatic
Released	October 10, 2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	39:46
Label	Merge [1]
Producer	Mac McCaughan
Portastatic chronology
Bright Ideas (2005) Be Still Please (2006) Some Small History (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Paste	[4]
Pitchfork	7.6/10 [5]
PopMatters	7/10 [6]
Spin	[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[8]
Under the Radar	7/10 [9]

Be Still Please is an album by Portastatic. ^[10] It was released on Merge Records on October 10, 2006. ^[11]

The album was recorded at Pox Studios with Zeno Gill, with additional recording at Room 8 in Carrboro, North Carolina. It was mixed at Overdub Lane in Durham, North Carolina, with John Plymale.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sour Shores"	04:37
2.	"Black Buttons"	05:24
3.	"I'm in Love" (with Arthur Dove)	03:36
4.	"Sweetness and Light"	04:40
5.	"Getting Saved"	05:39
6.	"You Blanks"	04:13
7.	"Like a Pearl"	04:34
8.	"Cheers and Applause"	04:21
9.	"Song for a Clock"	02:42
Total length:		39:46

Notes

1. "Be Still Please". www.mergerecords.com.
2. "Reviews for Be Still Please by Portastatic". Metacritic . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
3. AllMusic review
4. A compelling collision of listenable and clever. [Dec 2006, p.97]
5. "Portastatic: Be Still Please". Pitchfork.
6. Raper, Dan (October 10, 2006). "Portastatic: Be Still Please". PopMatters . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
7. Beaujon, Andrew (November 1, 2006). "SPIN Nov 2006". Spin . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
8. "Portastatic - Be Still Please". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
9. The extra focus on lyrics does seem to water down Portastatic’s traditionally instantaneous infectious hooks, sacrificing some style for substance and making the album a little more of a slow grower as opposed compared to those past. [#15]
10. "Portastatic, 'Be Still Please' (Merge)". Spin. November 14, 2006.
11. Portastatic - Be Still Please Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved November 9, 2023