Eternally Even

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Eternally Even
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)
Genre
Length41:26
Label
Producer
  • Jim James
  • Blake Mills
Jim James chronology
Regions of Light and Sound of God
(2013)
Eternally Even
(2016)
Tribute To 2
(2017)
Singles from Eternally Even
  1. "Same Old Lie"
    Released: 23 September 2016

Eternally Even is the second solo album by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, first available as an advance stream on NPR First Listen [2] on October 27 and released on November 4, 2016. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Edward Olliges Jr.

No.TitleLength
1."Hide in Plain Sight"5:09
2."Same Old Lie"5:55
3."Here in Spirit" (Written with Eric D. Johnson)4:16
4."The World's Smiling Now" (Written with Leonard Sanders)4:53
5."We Ain't Getting Any Younger Pt. 1"6:27
6."We Ain't Getting Any Younger Pt. 2"3:05
7."True Nature"3:41
8."In the Moment"4:09
9."Eternally Even"3:53

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence C+ [7]
Exclaim! 8/10 [8]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Paste 7.2/10 [10]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Under the Radar 8/10 [13]

Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars. [11]

Personnel

Adapted from All About Jazz . [5]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [14] 116
US Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 7
US Americana/Folk Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 3
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [17] 12
US Tastemaker Albums ( Billboard ) [18] 3

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