Field Songs (William Elliott Whitmore album)

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Field Songs
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Studio album by
William Elliott Whitmore
ReleasedJuly 12, 2011 (2011-07-12)
StudioFlat Black Studios, Iowa [1]
Genre
Length34:08
Label Anti
William Elliott Whitmore chronology
Animals in the Dark
(2009)		Field Songs
(2011)		Radium Death
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10 [3]
Metacritic 83/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B [6]
Blurt 6/10 [7]
Paste 7.9/10 [8]
Pitchfork 7.5/10 [2]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]

Field Songs is the fifth studio album by American country singer William Elliott Whitmore. It was released on July 12, 2011 by Anti-. [10]

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Critical reception

Field Songs was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 83 based on 11 reviews. [4] Aggregate website AnyDecentMusic? gave the release a 7.5 out of 10 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews. [3]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Thom Jurek wrote: "By using numerous historical and societal references in these songs as signifiers, and small actions that resulted in large changes, Field Songs is 21st century folk music in the literal sense because it is linked to folk's tradition of social conscience across racial and class barriers>" [5] At The A.V. Club , Jason Heller noted that Whitmore's voice is "an increasingly formidable piece of weaponry", going on to say "accompanied by the chirping of crickets or birds, each song reins in Whitmore's craggy, righteous howl, calming it with gentle strums and the weary plucking of acoustic guitar and banjo." [6] Writing for Delusions of Adequacy, Jenn O'Donnell explained: "Field Songs is as simple and straightforward as a folk album could ever be. Simple banjo and guitar with the slightest amount of percussion, a voice, and something to say is all Whitmore needs to give his audience goose bumps or tears." [11]

Track listing

Field Songs track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Bury Your Burdens in the Ground"5:13
2."Field Song"3:43
3."Don't Need It"3:33
4."Everything Gets Gone"4:15
5."Let's Don Something Impossible"3:20
6."Get There from Here"3:56
7."We'll Carry On"4:03
8."Not Feeling Any Pain"6:02
iTunes Deluxe edition [12]
No.TitleLength
9."From the Cellar Door to the Gallows"3:12
10."Midnight"3:24
11."Lift My Jug"3:45
12."The Chariot"3:28

Charts

Chart performance for Field Songs
Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [13] 24
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [14] 24

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