Expert in a Dying Field

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Expert in a Dying Field
The Beths - Expert in a Dying Field.jpg
Studio album by
the Beths
Released16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
Recorded2021–February 2022 [1]
Length44:59
Label Carpark
The Beths chronology
Jump Rope Gazers
(2020)		Expert in a Dying Field
(2022)

Expert in a Dying Field is the third studio album by New Zealand indie rock band the Beths. It was released on 16 September 2022 by Carpark Records. The cover art features a haku (kingfish). [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10 [3]
Metacritic 83/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 8/10 [7]
God Is in the TV 9/10 [8]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [9]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [10]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 8/10 [13]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [14]

Expert in a Dying Field received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83 based on 15 reviews. [4]

Jonathan Wright with God Is in the TV states "It appears to be in the band's DNA that they can keep creating this brand of addictive indie pop songs that all feel like essential additions to their already strong back catalogue." [15] Laura Snapes, for Pitchfork , asserts that the album is "brimming with smart power-pop that brings to mind the casual virtuosity of '90s Aimee Mann and the bonhomie and euphoria of Superchunk and Fountains of Wayne." [16] Poetic Justice Magazine concluded that Expert in a Dying Field is "an impressive and engaging record". [17]

Year-end lists
PublicationListRankRef
BrooklynVegan Indie Basement: Top 40 Albums of 202214 [18]
BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 202229 [19]
The Forty-FiveThe Best Albums of 202223 [20]
ImposeThe Top 50 Albums of 2022Unranked [21]
Magnet Top 25 Albums of 202212 [22]
ourculture The 50 Best Albums of 202224 [23]
Paste The Best Albums of 202214 [24]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 202247 [25]
Pitchfork The 38 Best Rock Albums of 2022Unranked [26]
PopMatters The 25 Best Indie Rock Albums of 202210 [27]
The Ringer The 33 Best Albums of 202213 [28]
Rolling Stone The 100 Best Albums of 202267 [29]
Slant The 50 Best Albums of 202222 [30]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums 20227 [31]

Track listing

Expert in a Dying Field track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Expert in a Dying Field"4:11
2."Knees Deep"3:39
3."Silence Is Golden"2:56
4."Your Side"4:41
5."I Want to Listen"2:12
6."Head in the Clouds"4:01
7."Best Left"3:58
8."Change in the Weather"3:42
9."When You Know You Know"4:08
10."A Passing Rain"3:15
11."I Told You That I Was Afraid"3:21
12."2am"4:49
Total length:44:59

Charts

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