Heavy Light | ||||
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Released | March 6, 2020 | |||
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Length | 37:29 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
Producer | Meghan Remy | |||
U.S. Girls chronology | ||||
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Heavy Light is the seventh studio album by Toronto-based musician and producer Meghan Remy, under her solo project U.S. Girls. It was released March 6, 2020 under 4AD. [3] [4]
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [5] |
Metacritic | 82/100 [6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Crack Magazine | 8/10 [8] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [9] |
God Is in the TV | 8/10 [10] |
The Line of Best Fit | 9/10 [2] |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Paste | 8.3/10 [12] |
Pitchfork | 8.5/10 [1] |
Spectrum Culture | 4.25/5 [13] |
Under the Radar | 8.5/10 [14] |
Heavy Light 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 82, based on 16 reviews. [6]
The album received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021. [15]
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Paste | Paste's 25 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year | 11 | |
Pitchfork | The 50 Best Albums of 2020 | 15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "4 American Dollars" |
| 5:42 |
2. | "Overtime" |
| 2:54 |
3. | "IOU" |
| 4:42 |
4. | "Advice to Teenage Self" | 0:50 | |
5. | "State House (It's a Man's World)" |
| 1:43 |
6. | "Born to Lose" |
| 3:07 |
7. | "And Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueve" |
| 3:36 |
8. | "The Most Hurtful Thing" | 1:04 | |
9. | "Denise, Don't Wait" |
| 4:20 |
10. | "Woodstock '99" |
| 2:36 |
11. | "The Color of Your Childhood Bedroom" | 0:27 | |
12. | "The Quiver to the Bomb" |
| 4:23 |
13. | "Red Ford Radio" |
| 2:05 |
Total length: | 37:29 |