Together/Apart

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Together/Apart
Grieves Together Apart official album art 2011.jpg
Studio album by
Grieves
ReleasedJune 21, 2011 (2011-06-21)
Genre Hip hop
Length58:30
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Grieves, Budo
Grieves chronology
The Confessions of Mr. Modest
(2010)		Together/Apart
(2011)		 Winter & the Wolves
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club C+ [3]
Consequence of Sound C+ [4]
Exclaim! mixed [5]
HipHopDX Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Pitchfork 5.2/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]

Together/Apart is the third studio album by American hip hop artist Grieves. [10] It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2011. [8] The album features guest appearances from Brother Ali and Krukid. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Together/Apart received an average score of 70% based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Light Speed" Budo 3:51
2."Bloody Poetry"Budo3:21
3."Falling from You"Budo4:10
4."On the Rocks" Grieves 3:05
5."Sunny Side of Hell"Grieves3:57
6."Tragic" (featuring Brother Ali)Budo3:16
7."Boogie Man"Budo3:11
8."Pressure Cracks"Grieves3:44
9."No Matter What" (featuring Krukid)Budo3:45
10."Vice Grip"Budo3:49
11."Heartbreak Hotel"Grieves5:36
12."Speak Easy"Grieves, Budo2:32
13."Prize Fighter"Budo3:06
14."Wild Thing"Grieves4:40
15."Growing Pains"Grieves3:37
16."Against the Bottom"Budo3:48
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
17."What Do I Got to Lose" (featuring Choklate)3:25
18."I'll Let You Know"3:39
19."Present/Tense (Segment)"5:12

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [11] 106
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [12] 1
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [13] 18
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [14] 21
US Rap Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 13

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  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Together/Apart - Grieves". AllMusic . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Rytlewski, Evan (July 19, 2011). "Grieves: Together/Apart". The A.V. Club . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Freedon, Nick (June 27, 2011). "Grieves – Together/Apart". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  5. ↑ Matthews, Aaron (June 21, 2011). "Grieves - Together/Apart". Exclaim! . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  6. 1 2 Ortiz, Edwin (June 22, 2011). "Grieves - Together Apart". HipHopDX . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  7. ↑ Harvey, Eric (August 1, 2011). "Grieves: Together/Apart". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Hambor, Kyle (November 14, 2011). "Grieves: Together/Apart". PopMatters . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  9. ↑ Reeves, Mosi (July 5, 2011). "Grieves, 'Together/Apart' (Rhymesayers)". Spin . Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ Nathanson, Rebecca (July 25, 2011). "Grieves' Crazy Little Rollercoaster". CMJ . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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