Doris & the Daggers

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Doris & the Daggers
Doris & The Daggers Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017 (2017-03-24) [1] [2]
Genre Pop rock
Label Nine Mile, [3] Domino
Spiral Stairs chronology
The Real Feel
(2009)
Doris & the Daggers
(2017)
We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized
(2019)

Doris & the Daggers is a 2017 solo album from Spiral Stairs, formerly of Pavement and Preston School of Industry. [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Clash 6/10 [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.4/10 [9]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Doris & the Daggers received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 74/100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Dance (Cry Wolf)"
  2. "Emoshuns"
  3. "Dundee Man"
  4. "AWM"
  5. "No Comparison"
  6. "The Unconditional"
  7. "Trams (Stole My Love)"
  8. "Exiled Tonight"
  9. "Angel Eyes"
  10. "Doris and the Daggers"

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