I'll Be the Tornado

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I'll Be the Tornado
I'll Be The Tornado.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014 (2014-10-14)
Genre Emo, math rock, indie rock, punk rock
Label 6131 Records
Producer Neil Strauch
Dads chronology
Pretty Good
(2013)
I'll Be the Tornado
(2014)

I'll Be the Tornado is the second and final studio album by American emo band Dads. It was released on October 14, 2014 in the United States.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk (7.5/10) [2]
Pitchfork (7.5/10) [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
PunkNews.org Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

I'll Be the Tornado has received positive reviews from music critics. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on five reviews. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Grand Edge, MI"4:46
2."Chewing Ghosts"3:45
3."The Romantic Ocean"2:44
4."Fake Knees"4:36
5."Sold Year / Transitions"4:01
6."You Hold Back"3:37
7."But"3:53
8."Sunburnt Jet Wings"2:24
9."Take Back Today"3:45
10."Only You"7:21
11."Do You Still Think of Me?"5:50

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Top Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [6] 17

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