| Bye Bye 17 | ||||
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| Released | April 23, 2013 | |||
| Studio | Public Hi-Fi | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop | |||
| Length | 28:32 | |||
| Label | Cult Records | |||
| Producer | Sean Tillman, Jim Eno | |||
| Har Mar Superstar chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Bye Bye 17 | ||||
Bye Bye 17 is the fifth solo studio album by Har Mar Superstar. [3] It was released via Cult Records on April 23, 2013. [4] It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart. [5] Music videos were created for "Lady, You Shot Me", [6] "Prisoner", [7] and "Restless Leg". [8]
Most of the songs on Bye Bye 17 were written in 2011 after Har Mar Superstar moved from Los Angeles to New York City. [9] It is the first Har Mar Superstar album that he wrote primarily on guitar. [10] He said, "I wanted the album to sound really live, old, and futuristic." [10] In concert, he developed the material from the album. [11] Recorded at Public Hi-Fi in Austin, Texas, it was co-produced with Jim Eno. [10]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 60/100 [12] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [13] |
| Bust | [14] |
| The Current | favorable [15] |
| Filter | 83/100 [16] |
| PopMatters |   [17] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60% based on 10 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [12]
Gregory Heaney of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, calling it "an album of straight-up soul-pop that once again shows that beneath his greasy exterior, Har Mar Superstar has the heart of a soul man." [13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lady, You Shot Me" | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Prisoner" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Everywhere I'm Local" | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Restless Leg" | 3:36 |
| 5. | "12:12" | 2:22 |
| 6. | "We Don't Sleep" | 3:18 |
| 7. | "WWW" | 2:11 |
| 8. | "Rhythm Bruises" | 3:14 |
| 9. | "Don't Make Me Hit You" | 2:34 |
| 10. | "Late Night Morning Light" | 2:06 |
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Albums (SNEP) [18] | 183 |
| US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [5] | 15 |
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