How I Knew Her

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How I Knew Her
Howiknewher.png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2013 (2013-02-12)
Genre
Length39:19
Label Nonesuch Records
Producer
Nataly Dawn chronology
How I Knew Her
(2013)
Haze
(2016)

How I Knew Her is the first solo studio album by American musician Nataly Dawn of the duo Pomplamoose, released on February 12, 2013, under Nonesuch Records. The album was funded by a Kickstarter campaign which raised over $100,000 and was produced by Pomplamoose half Jack Conte. [1]

Contents

Reception

How I Knew Her was met with "generally favorable 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 68, based on 12 reviews. [2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
BBC Music 8/10 [4]
Boston Globe 8/10 [5]
Drowned In Sound 710 [6]
Consequence of Sound C+ [7]
The Independent 8/10 [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
PopMatters 3/10 [11]
Spin 4/10 [12]
Uncut 7/10 [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Araceli"2:15
2."Leslie"2:37
3."How I Knew Her"4:40
4."Back to the Barracks"2:30
5."Long Running Joke"3:36
6."Counting Down"4:13
7."Caroline"2:52
8."Please Don't Scream"3:35
9."Still a Believer"2:50
10."Even Steven"3:26
11."Why Did You Marry"4:20
12."I Just Wanted You to Get Old"2:25
Total length:39:19

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