Son Little (album)

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Son Little
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 16, 2015 (2015-10-16)
Genre Soul, blues
Length42:54
Label Anti-
Producer Son Little
Son Little chronology
Things I Forgot
(2014)
Son Little
(2015)
New Magic
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NPR favorable [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Son Little is the first studio album by American soul musician Son Little. [6] It was released on Anti- on October 16, 2015. [6] It is a follow up to his 2014 EP, Things I Forgot. [6]

Contents

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75% based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Mark Deming of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Sometimes troubling, frequently joyous, and always articulate and thoroughly individual, Son Little's cross-genre shape-shifting reveals more compelling nuances with each listen, and this is one of the most interesting and rewarding debuts of 2015." [2]

American Songwriter placed "Go Blue Blood Red" at number 46 on its list of the "Top 50 Songs of 2015". [7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."I'm Gone"2:57
2."Nice Dreams"4:11
3."Your Love Will Blow Me Away When My Heart Aches"3:03
4."Toes"3:43
5."Carbon"2:36
6."Lay Down"3:48
7."Doctor's In"2:56
8."O Mother"3:12
9."Go Blue Blood Red"3:58
10."Loser Blues"4:10
11."The River"4:34
12."About a Flood"3:47
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Wanted To"2:31
14."Cross My Heart"3:55
15."Real Goodbye"2:56

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References

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  2. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Son Little - Son Little". AllMusic . Retrieved April 1, 2016.
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