Goes West

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Goes West
William-tyler-goes-west-cover-art.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
Genre Country, folk [1]
Length32:42
Label Merge Records
William Tyler chronology
Modern Country
(2016)
Goes West
(2019)
Lost Futures
(with Marisa Anderson)

(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10 [2]
Metacritic 80/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [1]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]
Uncut 8/10 [8]

Goes West is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter William Tyler. It was released on January 25, 2019 through Merge Records. [9]

Contents

The cover art for Goes West was designed by Robert Beatty. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Alpine Star"5:26
2."Fail Safe"3:18
3."Not in Our Stars"3:09
4."Call Me When I'm Breathing Again"3:00
5."Eventual Surrender"3:03
6."Rebecca"4:03
7."Venus in Aquarius"5:15
8."Virginia Is for Loners"3:12
9."Man in a Hurry"3:42
10."Our Lady of the Desert"3:34

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [11] 7
UK Country Albums (OCC) [12] 2
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [13] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [14] 9

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