Care (How to Dress Well album)

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Care
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 23, 2016
Genre Art pop
Length58:41
Label Domino
Producer
How to Dress Well chronology
"What Is This Heart?"
(2014)
Care
(2016)
The Anteroom
(2018)
Singles from Care
  1. "Lost Youth/Lost You"
    Released: July 27, 2016
  2. "What's Up"
    Released: August 31, 2016
  3. "Can't You Tell"
    Released: September 19, 2016

Care is the fourth studio album by American musician How to Dress Well, released on September 23, 2016 by the Domino Recording Company. [1]

Contents

Release

The album was preceded by the singles "Lost Youth/Lost You", "What's Up", and "Can't You Tell". [2] [3] [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound B [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Exclaim! 8/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork Media 6.8/10 [11]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Care received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Krell

Care track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Can't You Tell"4:33
2."Salt Song"6:35
3."What's Up"4:39
4."Lost Youth/Lost You"5:39
5."The Ruins"5:00
6."Burning Up"4:36
7."I Was Terrible"5:29
8."Anxious"4:30
9."Time Was Meant to Stay"3:09
10."Made a Lifetime"3:44
11."They'll Take Everything You Have"5:58
12."Untitled"4:49
Total length:58:41

Charts

Chart performance for Care
Chart (2016)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 192

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