Never Not Together

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Never Not Together
Never Not Together.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)
Length42:24
Label Barsuk
Producer Ian Laughton
Nada Surf chronology
You Know Who You Are
(2016)
Never Not Together
(2020)
Moon Mirror
(2024)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Never Not Together is the ninth studio album by American band Nada Surf. It was released on February 7, 2020 under Barsuk Records. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Never Not Together 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 80, based on 9 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Never Not Together track listing
No.TitleLength
1."So Much Love"4:02
2."Come Get Me"4:52
3."Live Learn and Forget"4:22
4."Just Wait"3:58
5."Something I Should Do"4:32
6."Looking for You"5:52
7."Crowded Star"4:36
8."Mathilda"6:10
9."Ride in the Unknown"4:00
Total length:42:24

Charts

Chart performance for Never Not Together
Chart (2020)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 135
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 49
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [8] 41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 63
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [10] 44

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