Oh My God (album)

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Oh My God
Kevin Morby Oh My God Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)
Recorded Brooklyn, NY
Length49:27
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Sam Cohen
Kevin Morby chronology
City Music
(2017)
Oh My God
(2019)
Sundowner
(2020)
Singles from Oh My God
  1. "No Halo"
    Released: 27 February 2019

Oh My God is the fifth studio album by American indie rock musician Kevin Morby, released on April 26, 2019, on Dead Oceans. [1] [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! 9/10 [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [8]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 6.2/10 [10]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]

Oh My God received universal acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating of 0-100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 20 reviews. [3]

Track listing

All music is composed by Kevin Morby.

No.TitleLength
1."Oh My God"4:05
2."No Halo"3:06
3."Nothing Sacred / All Things Wild"3:31
4."OMG Rock n Roll"2:29
5."Seven Devils"3:55
6."Hail Mary"5:38
7."Piss River"5:20
8."Savannah"3:21
9."Storm (Beneath the Weather)"1:21
10."Congratulations"2:46
11."I Want to Be Clean"3:30
12."Sing a Glad Song"4:23
13."Ballad of Faye"2:25
14."O Behold"3:42
Total length:49:27

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 88
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 197
French Albums (SNEP) [15] 151
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 75
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [17] 18
Billboard US Heatseekers [18] 2
Billboard US Independent [19] 15

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