| The Weight's on the Wheels | ||||
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| Released | November 16, 2010 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 37:28 | |||
| Label | Upper Class Recordings | |||
| Producer | Matthew Adam Hart | |||
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The Weight's on the Wheels is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie pop band The Russian Futurists, released on November 16, 2010 on Upper Class Recordings.
According to Metacritic, The Weight's on the Wheels has a score of 63 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1] One of the most positive reviews came from Robert Christgau, who gave the album an A− grade. [2] In contrast, Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine awarded the album a mere half-star out of five, calling it "a candygram from the heart of a giddy, geeky romantic who has somehow had his rose-tinted frames surgically grafted to his face." [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 63/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| American Songwriter | [5] |
| The A.V. Club | C [6] |
| Filter | 83% [7] |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A– [2] |
| NOW | 3/5 [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.5/10 [9] |
| PopMatters | 7/10 [10] |
| Slant Magazine |  [3] |
| Spin | 7/10 [11] |
All tracks are written by Matthew Adam Hart
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hoeing Weeds Sowing Seeds" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "Golden Years" | 4:14 |
| 3. | "One Night, One Kiss" | 5:15 |
| 4. | "Register My Firearms? No Way!" | 2:51 |
| 5. | "100 Shopping Days 'Til Christmas" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "To Be Honest" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Plates" | 2:53 |
| 8. | "Tripping Horses" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Walk with a Crutch" | 3:20 |
| 10. | "Horseshoe Fortune" | 5:03 |
| Total length: | 37:28 | |
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