| I Know About You | ||||
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| Released | June 6, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, slowcore, indie folk, baroque pop, acoustic, dream pop | |||
| Label | Simple Machines | |||
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I Know About You is the second studio album by American indie rock duo Ida, released in 1996 on Simple Machines Records. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| CMJ New Music Monthly | (favorable) [3] |
"Subtle, gentle and picturesque...consistently memorable" – CMJ New Music Report [3]
"gentle, understated but fully inhabited" – Trouser Press [4]
"sparse and beautifully produced" – Roll Magazine [5]
"I...played it practically daily for...several months." – PopMatters [6]
"the best Ida album" – The Village Voice [7]
"No one has harmonies as beautiful as Ida. The voices of Liz (Mitchell) and Dan (Littleton) are the prettiest in all the land." – The Chicago Tribune [8]
All songs written by Ida, except "When I Was Now" by Cindy Kallet, [9] originally from her album Cindy Kallet 2.
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I Know About You is consistently memorable, especially on the gently building opening track 'Little Things'...Also hear: 'Back Burner.'
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