The Baby (Samia album)

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The Baby
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 28, 2020
Genre
Length36:13
LanguageEnglish
Label Grand Jury
Producer Caleb Hinz, Jake Luppen, Nathan Stocker, Lars Stalfors
Samia chronology
The Baby
(2020)
Scout
(2021)
Singles from The Baby
  1. "Is There Something in the Movies?"
    Released: April 29, 2020
  2. "Fit N Full"
    Released: June 24, 2020
  3. "Big Wheel"
    Released: July 22, 2020
  4. "Stellate"
    Released: July 22, 2020
  5. "Triptych"
    Released: August 25, 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [2]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME [4] Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg
No Ripcord 8/10 [5]
ourculture Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Paste 7.9/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.9/10 [8]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]

The Baby is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Samia. It was released on August 28, 2020, via Grand Jury Music.

Contents

Background

On April 29, 2020, Samia released the single "Is There Something in the Movies" along with a music video that featured Maya Hawke and Charlie Plummer alongside Samia. [10] [11]

The album was announced on June 24, 2020, along with the single "Fit N Full". [12] [13] "Big Wheel" and "Stellate" were released as a double single on July 22, 2020. [14] "Triptych", the final single, was released on August 25, 2020. [15]

Post-release

On October 19, 2020, Samia released a full band version of "Is There Something in the Movies?".

On November 18, 2020, Samia released a music video for "Waverly", which starred Nick Cianci, Ethan Cohen and Olivia Nikkanen. [16]

On January 15, 2021, Samia released The Baby Reimagined, which consisted of covers and remixes of each of the songs from The Baby by fellow indie artists, including Palehound, Field Medic, Christian Lee Hutson, Briston Maroney and Bartees Strange among others. [17]

Critical reception

The Baby received positive reviews upon its release. Pitchfork gave The Baby a 7.9 out of 10. [18] Paste Magazine placed the album at number 43 on their list of the 50 Best Albums of 2020. [19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Samia Finnerty

side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Pool"4:29
2."Fit N Full"2:46
3."Big Wheel"3:15
4."Limbo Bitch"3:20
5."Stellate"4:09
6."Triptych"3:06
side 2
No.TitleLength
7."Does Not Heal"2:58
8."Waverly"2:49
9."Winnebago"2:44
10."Minnesota"3:01
11."Is There Something in the Movies?"3:30

Personnel

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