My Morning Jacket (album)

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My Morning Jacket
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Studio album by
My Morning Jacket
ReleasedOctober 22, 2021 (2021-10-22)
Studio64 Sound, Los Angeles
Genre
Length60:33
Label ATO
Producer Jim James
My Morning Jacket chronology
The Waterfall II
(2020)		My Morning Jacket
(2021)		Happy Holiday!
(2023)
Singles from My Morning Jacket
  1. "Regularly Scheduled Programming"
    Released: August 24, 2021 [2]
  2. "Love Love Love"
    Released: September 14, 2021 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [5]
Pitchfork 5.0/10 [6]
PopMatters 7/10 [7]

My Morning Jacket is the ninth studio album by American rock band My Morning Jacket, released on October 22, 2021, through ATO Records. The album was preceded by the release of the single "Regularly Scheduled Programming". [8]

Contents

Recording

The album was recorded at 64 Sound in Los Angeles, with Jim James as producer and engineer. [9]

Critical reception

On review aggregator Metacritic, the album has a score of 80 out of 100 based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [4] Janne Oinonen of The Line of Best Fit found the album to be a "supremely engaging, often blissfully beautiful halfway point between the glossy eccentricities of more recent MMJ albums and those old slow-burn yet highly combustible 'jam band' dynamics". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim James

My Morning Jacket track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Regularly Scheduled Programming"3:44
2."Love Love Love"3:42
3."In Color"7:20
4."Least Expected"4:39
5."Never in the Real World"5:48
6."The Devil's in the Details"9:09
7."Lucky to Be Alive"4:24
8."Complex"4:18
9."Out of Range, Pt. 2"4:26
10."Penny for Your Thoughts"4:47
11."I Never Could Get Enough"8:16
Total length:60:33

Charts

Chart performance for My Morning Jacket
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 66
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [11] 19
US Billboard 200 [12] 49
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 8

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References

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  2. ↑ LeSuer, Mike (August 24, 2021). "My Morning Jacket Return to "Regularly Scheduled Programming" with Forthcoming Self-Titled LP". Flood. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ Blistein, Jon (September 14, 2021). "My Morning Jacket Release New Song 'Love Love Love'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "My Morning Jacket by My Morning Jacket". Metacritic . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Oinonen, Janne (October 19, 2021). "My Morning Jacket's triumphant return proves not all comebacks are cash in grabs at past glories". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Ian (October 27, 2021). "My Morning Jacket: My Morning Jacket Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ Britt, Thomas (October 19, 2021). "My Morning Jacket: My Morning Jacket (Album Review)". PopMatters . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  8. ↑ Krol, Charlotte (August 24, 2021). "My Morning Jacket announce new self-titled album, share new song 'Regularly Scheduled Programming'". NME . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  9. ↑ Blistein, Jon (August 24, 2021). "My Morning Jacket Grapple With Modernity on 'Regularly Scheduled Programming'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  12. ↑ "My Morning Jacket Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
  13. ↑ "My Morning Jacket Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  14. ↑ "My Morning Jacket Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
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