Sanddollars

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Sanddollars
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EP by
Why?
ReleasedMay 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)
Genre Indie rock
Length20:36
Label Anticon
Why? chronology
Oaklandazulasylum
(2003)		Sanddollars
(2005)		 Elephant Eyelash
(2005)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Cokemachineglow 79/100 [2]
No Ripchord7/10 [3]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [4]
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Sanddollars is the debut EP by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on May 9, 2005. [6] It is the band's first release, having been formed in 2004; prior to this, the name 'Why?' had been used by Yoni Wolf as his stage name for his solo work.

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sanddollars received an average score of 80% based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Miss Ohio's Nameless"2:54
2."500 Fingernails"2:28
3."Sick 2 Think"1:58
4."Sanddollars"3:10
5."Vice Principal"1:31
6."Next Atlanta"1:49
7."Pantone Cyan"3:15
8."Mutant John"3:26

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sanddollars [EP] by Why?". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Newell, Aaron (June 1, 2005). "Why?: Sanddollars". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Shulman, Alan (August 17, 2005). "WHY? - "Sanddollars"". No Ripchord. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Macdonald, Cameron (May 23, 2005). "WHY?: Sanddollars EP". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Tebbutt, Nick (May 26, 2005). "Sanddollars". Playlouder . Archived from the original on May 27, 2005. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sanddollars EP". Anticon . Archived from the original on June 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
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