Sunny Border Blue

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Sunny Border Blue
Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue - cover.jpg
Studio album by
Kristin Hersh
ReleasedMarch 12, 2001
RecordedApril–October 2000
StudioStable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Genre
Length51:05
Label 4AD
Producer Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh chronology
Sky Motel
(1999)		Sunny Border Blue
(2001)		 The Grotto
(2003)

Sunny Border Blue is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh. The album peaked at #93 on the Official UK Albums Chart. [2] It also peaked at #50 on the US's Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart [3] and, #33 on the US's Billboard Top Independent Albums chart. [4]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [6]
Entertainment Weekly (A−) [7]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Sunny Border Blue was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews. [5] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews. [11]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Kristin Hersh, unless noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Dirty Answer" 5:24
2."Spain" 3:54
3."37 Hours" 3:26
4."Silica" 4:23
5."William's Cut" 4:03
6."Summer Salt" 4:06
7."Trouble" Cat Stevens 3:25
8."Candyland" 4:02
9."Measure" 1:09
10."White Suckers" 4:25
11."Ruby" 4:05
12."Flipside" 3:57
13."Listerine" 4:46

Charts

Chart performance for Sunny Border Blue
Chart (2001)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [12] 12
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 93
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [3] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [4] 33

References

  1. 1 2 3 Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ Bell, Amy (March 25, 2001). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ Sinclair, Tom (March 17, 2020). "Entertainment Weekly Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ↑ Dark, John (March 6, 2001). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone . March 5, 2001. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.


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