Only Run

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Only Run
Only Run (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2014
Genre Indie rock
Label Self-released
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah chronology
Hysterical
(2011)
Only Run
(2014)
The Tourist
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 5.8/10 [2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 [3]
Spin 7/10 [4]

Only Run is the fourth album by American musical project Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, self-released on June 3, 2014.

Track listing

  1. "As Always"
  2. "Blameless"
  3. "Coming Down" (featuring Matt Berninger)
  4. "Little Moments"
  5. "Only Run"
  6. "Your Advice"
  7. "Beyond Illusion"
  8. "Impossible Request"
  9. "Cover Up" (featuring Kid Koala)

Bonus track

  1. "Impossible Request" (alt. version; available via download code)

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References

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  2. "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah". Pitchfork. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. "Only Run". Rolling Stone . 16 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Defy Time, Drop Introspective Charmer 'Only Run'" . Retrieved 14 April 2015.