Bell House (album)

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Bell House
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 3, 2018 (2018-08-03)
Length22:23
Label Polyvinyl
Shy Boys chronology
Shy Boys
(2014)
Bell House
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
Paste 7.4/10 [5]
Pitchfork 6.8/10 [6]
Under the Radar 3/10 [7]

Bell House is the second studio album by American indie-pop band Shy Boys. It was released on August 3, 2018 under Polyvinyl Record Co. [8]

Contents

Critical reception

Bell House 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 67, based on 7 reviews. [1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release 65 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews. [9]

Track listing

Bell House track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Miracle Gro"1:18
2."Take the Doggie"1:34
3."Tragic Loss"2:10
4."No Fun"2:29
5."Evil Sin"2:34
6."Basement"1:34
7."Something Sweet"2:02
8."Bell House"3:45
9."Disconnect"1:52
10."Champion"3:07

Personnel

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References

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  2. Donelson, Marcy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. Slaughter, Matthew (August 8, 2018). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  4. Mohammed, Jenna (July 31, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  5. Salmon, Ben (August 2, 2018). "Shy Boys: Bell House Review". Paste . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. Farrell, Margaret (August 14, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  7. "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . August 8, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  8. "Bell House - Shy Boys". Polyvinyl Record Co. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  9. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved July 28, 2020.