Mumps, Etc.

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Mumps, Etc.
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
Genre Indie rock
Length38:48
Label
Producer
Why? chronology
Sod in the Seed
(2012)
Mumps, Etc.
(2012)
Golden Tickets
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B− [3]
Beats Per Minute 78/100 [4]
Consequence of Sound C− [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
Paste 7.4/10 [7]
Pitchfork 2.8/10 [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
DIY (magazine) Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Mumps, Etc. is the fifth [10] studio album by American band Why?. [11] It was released by Anticon in the United States on October 9, 2012 and by City Slang in Europe on October 8, 2012. [12]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Mumps, Etc. received an average score of 62% based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Mike Lechevallier of Slant Magazine said, "Mumps, Etc. isn't a career-defining moment like Alopecia, but it's a celebratory return to form for Why?, reuniting the band with the key attributes that ignited their creativity in the first place." [9] Ryan Reed of Paste called it "their most layered, headphone-friendly set to date, utilizing an eight-member choir and a string quartet, not to mention plenty of harps, flutes and ass-blasting rhythms." [7]

Alarm included it on the "50 Favorite Albums of 2012" list. [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Jonathan's Hope"3:17
2."Strawberries"3:18
3."Waterlines"3:33
4."Thirteen on High"3:09
5."White English"2:57
6."Danny"1:28
7."Sod in the Seed"4:43
8."Distance"2:53
9."Thirst"2:28
10."Kevin's Cancer"2:24
11."Bitter Thoughts"2:47
12."Paper Hearts"4:08
13."As a Card"1:43
Total length:38:48

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

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