Salutations | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 17, 2017 | |||
Genre | Folk, folk rock, Americana | |||
Length | 67:20 | |||
Label | Nonesuch | |||
Producer | Jim Keltner, Conor Oberst | |||
Conor Oberst chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.5/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 81/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Independent | [4] |
The Irish Times | [5] |
Mojo | [6] |
The Observer | [7] |
Pitchfork | 6.6/10 [8] |
Q | [9] |
Record Collector | [10] |
Uncut | 8/10 [11] |
Vice | A− [12] |
Salutations is the eighth solo studio album by American musician Conor Oberst, released on March 17, 2017 on Nonesuch Records. [13] Ten of the tracks originally appeared on Ruminations in acoustic form.
All tracks are written by Conor Oberst, except as indicated.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Too Late to Fixate" | 4:01 | |
2. | "Gossamer Thin" | 3:33 | |
3. | "Overdue" | Conor Oberst and James Felice | 3:48 |
4. | "Afterthought" | 3:35 | |
5. | "Next of Kin" | 3:40 | |
6. | "Napalm" | 4:57 | |
7. | "Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)" | 4:14 | |
8. | "Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out" | 3:59 | |
9. | "Barbary Coast (Later)" | 4:27 | |
10. | "Tachycardia" | 3:25 | |
11. | "Empty Hotel by the Sea" | 4:23 | |
12. | "Anytime Soon" | Oberst, Johnathan Rice, Taylor Goldsmith and Jonathan Wilson | 2:51 |
13. | "Counting Sheep" | 3:27 | |
14. | "The Rain Follows the Plow" | 3:41 | |
15. | "You All Loved Him Once" | 4:26 | |
16. | "A Little Uncanny" | 4:56 | |
17. | "Salutations" | 3:57 | |
Total length: | 1:07:20 |
Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] | 58 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 86 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 166 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] | 82 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] | 46 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19] | 89 |
UK Albums (OCC) [20] | 91 |
US Billboard 200 [21] | 137 |
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