Beginners (album)

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Beginners
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
Length36:35
Label Anti-
Producer Phoebe Bridgers
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 8/10 [2]
The Line of Best Fit 9.5/10 [3]
Loud and Quiet 9/10 [4]
Paste 7.6/10 [5]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [6]

Beginners is the third studio album by American musician Christian Lee Hutson. It was released on May 29, 2020 under Anti-. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Beginners was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 78, based on 6 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Beginners track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Atheist"3:00
2."Talk"2:57
3."Lose This Number"3:56
4."Unforgivable"3:34
5."Northsiders"3:43
6."Twin Soul"3:52
7."Seven Lakes"4:03
8."Get The Old Band Back Together"3:08
9."Keep You Down"4:22
10."Single For The Summer"3:57
Total length:36:35

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  2. Gillet, Sam (May 25, 2020). "Christian Lee Hutson Is More Than Just Another Singer-Songwriter on Phoebe Bridgers-Produced 'Beginners'". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  3. Loftin, Steven (June 8, 2020). "Anything but a beginner, Christian Lee Hutson excavates emotion from memory flawlessly on his debut". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. Crabtree, Isabel (June 1, 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  5. Johnson, Ellen (June 3, 2020). "Christian Lee Hutson Channels Indie-Folk Greats on Beginners". Paste . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  6. Thomas, Peyton (June 1, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  7. Kenneally, Cerys (February 6, 2020). "Christian Lee Hutson announces Phoebe Bridgers-produced album with lead track "Lose This Number"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 1, 2020.