| Falling Off the Sky | ||||
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| Released | June 12, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Jangle pop | |||
| Length | 48:01 | |||
| Label | Bar/None | |||
| Producer | The dB's | |||
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Falling Off the Sky is an album by the dB's, released on June 12, 2012, on Bar/None Records. It is the first album of new material released by the band since 1987. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Boston Globe | (favorable) [3] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 5.7/10 [6] |
Falling Off the Sky received generally favorable reviews from critics; according to review aggregator website Metacritic, it has a score of 73 out of 100 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2] Among the most favorable reviews was one written by Robert Christgau, who gave the album an A−. In his review, Christgau described the lead track, "That Time Is Gone", as "as rousing as anything in their [Holsapple and Stamey's] book." [4] A more mixed review by Stephen Deusner stated that on the album, the dB's "don't redefine themselves as defiantly as they once did". [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "That Time Is Gone" | Peter Holsapple | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Before We Were Born" | Chris Stamey | 3:48 |
| 3. | "The Wonder of Love" | Holsapple | 3:46 |
| 4. | "Write Back" | Will Rigby | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Far Away and Long Ago" | Stamey | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Send Me Something Real" | Stamey | 4:45 |
| 7. | "World to Cry" | Holsapple | 3:31 |
| 8. | "The Adventures of Albatross and Doggerel" | Stamey | 4:54 |
| 9. | "I Didn't Mean to Say That" | Holsapple | 3:01 |
| 10. | "Collide-oOo-Scope" | Stamey | 5:20 |
| 11. | "She Won't Drive in the Rain Anymore" | Holsapple, Kristian Bush | 5:12 |
| 12. | "Remember (Falling Off the Sky)" | Stamey | 3:10 |
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