Darlings (Kevin Drew album)

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Darlings
Kevin Drew Darlings.jpg
Studio album by
Kevin Drew
ReleasedMarch 18, 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length42:26
Label Arts & Crafts
Producer Kevin Drew, Dave Hamelin, Graham Lessard
Kevin Drew chronology
Something for All of Us...
(2008)		Darlings
(2014)
Singles from Darlings
  1. "Good Sex"
    Released: February 14, 2014 [1]
  2. "Mexican Aftershow Party"
    Released: February 24, 2014 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10 [3]
Metacritic 67/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Clash 5/10 [6]
Consequence of Sound B [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Exclaim! 7/10 [9]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Under the Radar 6.5/10 [14]

Darlings is the second studio album by Broken Social Scene co-founder Kevin Drew. It was released on March 18, 2014 through Arts & Crafts Productions. [15]

Contents

The album was recorded at the Banff Centre in Alberta with Graham Lessard and then taken to a house in Northern Ontario with Dave Hamelin for final recording and mixing. The album also features longtime collaborators Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit along with Dean Stone.

Critical reception

Darlings 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 18 reviews. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Body Butter"2:25
2."Good Sex"3:09
3."It's Cool"3:51
4."Mexican Aftershow Party"3:27
5."You Gotta Feel It"4:03
6."First In Line"3:03
7."Bullshit Ballad"4:12
8."My God"4:45
9."You In Your Were"4:00
10."You Got Caught"4:07
11."And That's All I Know"5:24

Charts

Chart performance for Darlings
Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [16] 113
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 45

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References

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  2. ↑ Minsker, Evan (February 24, 2014). "Kevin Drew: "Mexican Aftershow Party"". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Darlings by Kevin Drew". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ Monger, Timothy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ Hampson, Gemma (April 2, 2014). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  7. ↑ Terry, Josh (March 17, 2014). "Consequence of Sound". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  8. ↑ Williamson, Coral (March 23, 2014). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  9. ↑ Lau, Melody (March 17, 2014). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim! . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ Ashton-Smith, Alan (March 18, 2014). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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  12. ↑ Cohen, Ian (March 19, 2014). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  13. ↑ Dolan, Jon (March 18, 2014). "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  14. ↑ Lau, Melody (March 14, 2014). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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  16. ↑ "Kevin Drew Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Kevin Drew Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 26, 2020.


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