Feral Roots

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Feral Roots
Rival Sons - Feral Roots.png
Studio album by
Rival Sons
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
Studio
Genre
Length46:57
Label
Producer Dave Cobb
Rival Sons chronology
Hollow Bones
(2016)		Feral Roots
(2019)		 Darkfighter
(2023)
Singles from Feral Roots
  1. "Do Your Worst"
    Released: September 14, 2018
  2. "Back in the Woods"
    Released: November 1, 2018 [1]
  3. "Feral Roots"
    Released: December 14, 2018 [2]
  4. "Look Away"
    Released: January 21, 2019 [3]
  5. "Too Bad"
    Released: April 16, 2019
  6. "Shooting Stars"
    Released: November 26, 2019

Feral Roots is the sixth studio album by American rock band Rival Sons. It was released on January 25, 2019, through Low Country Sound and Atlantic Records. [4] It is the band's first album since Hollow Bones (2016), and their first release on Atlantic Records. It was preceded by the lead single "Do Your Worst", which peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in March 2019. [4] [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 79/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence of Sound B+ [8]
Exclaim! 6/10 [9]

Michael Pementel of Consequence of Sound gave the album a grade of B+ and said the album shows off Rival Sons' "range in performing bluesy rock 'n' roll; with high energy riffs and slow melancholy rhythms, the music offers a variety of emotional tones for listeners to absorb", and concluding that for listeners new to Rival Sons, "Feral Roots is an excellent place to start". [8]

James Christopher Monger of AllMusic has called the track "Do Your Worst" "a radio-ready banger that evokes both Led Zeppelin and the Black Keys." He also points similarities between the track "Look Away" and the album Led Zeppelin III . [7] Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019. [10]

At the 2020 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album, losing to Cage the Elephant's Social Cues . "Too Bad" was nominated for Best Rock Performance, losing to Gary Clark Jr.'s "This Land".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jay Buchanan and Scott Holiday, except where noted [11]

No.TitleLength
1."Do Your Worst" (Buchanan, Dave Cobb, Holiday)3:30
2."Sugar on the Bone"3:02
3."Back in the Woods"3:32
4."Look Away"5:19
5."Feral Roots"5:55
6."Too Bad"4:44
7."Stood by Me"4:05
8."Imperial Joy"4:09
9."All Directions" (Buchanan, Cobb, Holiday)4:29
10."End of Forever" (Dave Beste, Buchanan, Holiday)3:52
11."Shooting Stars"4:20
Total length:46:57

Personnel

Rival Sons

Additional musicians

Production

Additional

Credits adapted from liner notes. [11]

Charts

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