Here Before (album)

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Here Before
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 2011
Genre Post-punk, jangle pop, college rock
Length45:55
Label Bar/None
Producer Glenn Mercer, Bill Million
The Feelies chronology
Time for a Witness
(1991)
Here Before
(2011)
Uncovered
(2016)

Here Before is the fifth studio album by the American rock band the Feelies. It was released on April 12, 2011, on Bar/None. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
American NoiseStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
Dusted Magazine(Favorable) [6]
Pitchfork Media 7.5/10 [7]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin 7/10 [10]

This album received positive reviews from Michael Hann, [11] Stuart Berman, [12] and Mark Deming [13] also earning a score of 73 out of a possible 100 based on 17 critical reviews by Metacritic, indicating generally positive feedback.

Track listing

Here Before track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Nobody Knows"2:52
2."Should Be Gone"3:30
3."Again Today"3:43
4."When You Know"3:16
5."Later On"3:11
6."Way Down"3:39
7."Morning Comes"4:12
8."Change Your Mind"4:38
9."Here Before"3:19
10."Time is Right"2:35
11."Bluer Skies"3:13
12."On and On"3:52
13."So Far"3:55
Total length:45:55

Personnel

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