Here's to Shutting Up

Here's to Shutting Up
Studio album by Superchunk
Released	September 18, 2001
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
Length	43:41
Label	Merge
Producer	Brian Paulson, Superchunk
Superchunk chronology
Come Pick Me Up (1999) Here's to Shutting Up (2001) The Clambakes Series Vol. 1 (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	7/10 [2]
Blender	[3]
The Boston Phoenix	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B [5]
Pitchfork	7.9/10 [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]

Here's to Shutting Up is the eighth studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. Brian Paulson, who served as co-producer, previously worked with the band on 1994's Foolish .

The band left "Phone Sex" out of the initial performances of the accompanying tour; with the September 11, 2001 attacks a painfully fresh memory, the members felt uncomfortable performing a song featuring the lyrics "Plane crash footage on TV. I know, I know that could be me." ^[8]

The title of the album is taken from the opening of the song "Out on the Wing."

Track listing

1. "Late-Century Dream" – 4:37
2. "Rainy Streets" – 2:07
3. "Phone Sex" – 4:54
4. "Florida's on Fire" – 3:11
5. "Out on the Wing" – 5:51
6. "The Animal Has Left Its Shell" – 3:32
7. "Act Surprised" – 3:59
8. "Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)" – 4:15
9. "What Do You Look Forward To?" – 7:41
10. "Drool Collection" – 3:32

References

1. Semioli, Tom. "Here's to Shutting Up – Superchunk". AllMusic . Retrieved July 30, 2009.
2. "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Alternative Press (160): 97. November 2001.
3. Randall, Mac. "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Blender . Archived from the original on August 13, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
4. Ashare, Matt (October 25 – November 1, 2001). "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up (Merge)". The Boston Phoenix . Archived from the original on October 30, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
5. "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Entertainment Weekly . September 28, 2001. p. 75.
6. Schreiber, Ryan (October 9, 2001). "Superchunk: Here's to Shutting Up". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 23, 2017.
7. Wolk, Douglas (2004). "Superchunk". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  795–96. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
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