Mister Mellow

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Mister Mellow
Washed Out - Mister Mellow.png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
StudioDead Homies Studio, Los Angeles
Genre Chillwave
Length29:25
Label Stones Throw
Producer
Washed Out chronology
Paracosm
(2013)
Mister Mellow
(2017)
Purple Noon
(2020)
Singles from Mister Mellow
  1. "Get Lost"
    Released: May 25, 2017
  2. "Hard to Say Goodbye"
    Released: June 26, 2017 [1]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B [4]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [5]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [9]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 8/10 [11]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

Mister Mellow is the third studio album by American singer Washed Out. It was released on June 30, 2017, and is his first project with Stones Throw Records. [13] The CD release is accompanied by a visual album on DVD. [14]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ernest Greene

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Title Card"0:30
2."Burn Out Blues"3:43
3."Time Off"1:01
4."Floating By"3:41
5."I've Been Daydreaming My Entire Life"2:09
6."Hard to Say Goodbye"4:12
7."Down and Out"1:07
8."Instant Calm"2:09
9."Zonked"1:10
10."Get Lost"4:04
11."Easy Does It"0:52
12."Million Miles Away"4:47
Total length:29:25
DVD
No.TitleDirectorLength
1."Title Card"Eric Coleman (cameraman)0:45
2."Burn Out Blues"Winston Hacking3:43
3."Time Off"Ruff Mercy1:02
4."Floating By"Drew Tyndell3:42
5."I've Been Daydreaming My Entire Life"Ernest Greene2:07
6."Hard to Say Goodbye"Jonathan Hodgson4:13
7."Down and Out"
  • Daniel Brereton
  • Morph Animation
1:10
8."Instant Calm"Sophia Bennett Holmes2:08
9."Zonked"Ruff Mercy1:11
10."Get Lost"Harvey Benschoter4:05
11."Easy Does It"Parallel Teeth1:08
12."Million Miles Away"Jason Miller3:03
Total length:28:17

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mister Mellow. [15]

CD

DVD

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [16] 9
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [17] 40
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [18] 8

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