I'm Bad Now

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I'm Bad Now
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 9, 2018 (2018-03-09)
Studio Hotel2Tango, Montreal, Quebec
Genre
Length46:45
Label You've Changed Records (Canada)
Paradise of Bachelors (US)
Jagjaguwar (Worldwide)
Nap Eyes chronology
Thought Rock Fish Scale
(2016)
I'm Bad Now
(2018)
Snapshot of a Beginner
(2020)
Singles from I'm Bad Now
  1. "Every Time the Feeling"
    Released: January 12, 2018 [2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [5]
Exclaim! 8/10 [6]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [7]
Paste 8.2/10 [8]

I'm Bad Now is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Nap Eyes. It was released on March 9, 2018 under You've Changed Records in Canada, Paradise of Bachelors in the US and Jagjaguwar everywhere else. [9]

Contents

Critical reception

I'm Bad Now 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 77, based on 12 reviews. [3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 12 reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for I'm Bad Now
PublicationAccoladeRank
AllMusic AllMusic's Favorite Indie Pop/Indie Rock Albums of 2018
N/A [10]
MusicOMH MusicOMH's Top 50 Albums of 2018
47 [11]

Track listing

I'm Bad Now track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Every Time the Feeling"3:11
2."I'm Bad"5:15
3."Judgment"4:15
4."Roses"3:26
5."Follow Me Down"4:01
6."You Like to Joke Around with Me"2:38
7."Dull Me Line"3:27
8."Sage"5:02
9."Hearing the Bass"2:28
10."White Disciple"6:19
11."Boats Appear"6:43

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat(s)Catalog
CanadaMarch 9, 2018 You've Changed Records CD, LPYC-033
United StatesParadise of BachelorsCD, LPPOB-033 [12]
Worldwide Jagjaguwar CD, LPJAG318 [13]

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