Care (How to Dress Well album)

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Care
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Studio album by
How to Dress Well
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]

How to Dress Well is the stage name of Tom Krell, an American multimedia artist, singer-songwriter, and producer from Boulder, Colorado. His experimental musical work has engaged with styles like ambient music and experimental electronic music. Krell also gained recognition under the tag of alternative R&B, although he has spoken about how this is not something he stands behind. Krell's initial releases were lo-fi, sometimes gothic or depressive, and impressionistic.

Domino Recording Company UK based record label founded in 1993

Domino Recording Company is a British independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, New York that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. In addition, Stephen Pastel presides over the subsidiary label Geographic Music, which releases more 'unusual' music from Britain and outside of the Western world. In 2011, the company announced that it was beginning a book publishing division, The Domino Press.

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]

Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games, and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged. Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999. The site provides an excerpt from each review and hyperlinks to its source. A color of green, yellow or red summarizes the critics' recommendations. It is regarded as the foremost online review aggregation site for the video game industry.

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Krell.

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 (2016)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 192

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References

  1. ↑ Pearce, Sheldon; Yoo, Noah (July 27, 2016). "How to Dress Well Announces New Album Care, Shares "Lost Youth / Lost You" Video". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Josephs, Brian (July 27, 2016). "How to Dress Well Releases Bedroom Anthem 'Lost Youth / Lost You'". Spin . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ McCormick, Luke (August 31, 2016). "Listen To New How To Dress Well Song "What's Up"". The Fader . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Rettig, James (September 19, 2016). "How To Dress Well – "Can't You Tell"". Stereogum . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Care – How to Dress Well". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Care - How to Dress Well". All Media Network . Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ Madden, Michael (September 28, 2016). "How to Dress Well - Care". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ Milton, Jamie (September 23, 2016). "How to Dress Well – Care". DIY . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ Gormely, Ian (September 21, 2016). "How to Dress Well – Care". Exclaim! . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  10. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (September 22, 2016). "How to Dress Well: Care review – a step into irredeemable pop schmaltz". The Guardian . Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  11. ↑ Bromwich, Jonah (September 26, 2016). "How to Dress Well: Care Album Review". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ Wyatt, Stephan (September 22, 2016). "How to Dress Well: Care". PopMatters . Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 39, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 4, 2016.
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