Unfamiliar Faces

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Unfamiliar Faces
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2008
RecordedSpring 2007
Genre Folk
Label Brushfire
Producer Tom Dumont
Matt Costa chronology
Songs We Sing
(2005/2006)
Unfamiliar Faces
(2008)
Mobile Chateau
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [5]
JustPressPlay(8.5/10) [6]

Unfamiliar Faces is the second studio album by Matt Costa, released on January 22, 2008. In the spring of 2007, Costa teamed up with long-time friend/producer Tom Dumont (No Doubt guitarist) and recorded twelve songs for the album.

Contents

CD Track listing

  1. "Mr. Pitiful" - 2:56
  2. "Lilacs" - 4:15
  3. "Never Looking Back" - 4:04
  4. "Emergency Call" - 4:59
  5. "Vienna" - 4:04
  6. "Unfamiliar Faces" - 4:06
  7. "Cigarette Eyes" - 3:18
  8. "Downfall" - 2:47
  9. "Trying to Lose My Mind" 3:52
  10. "Bound" - 5:09
  11. "Heart of Stone" - 3:54
  12. "Miss Magnolia" - 3:19

European bonus track:
13. "Lovin' (feat. Ane Brun)" - 1:52

Double Vinyl LP Track listing

On February 5 Brushfire Records will release the double vinyl version of Unfamiliar Faces, pressed at Nashville's historic United Record Pressing

Side A:

  1. "Mr. Pitiful"
  2. "Lilacs"
  3. "Never Looking Back"
  4. "Emergency Call"

Side B:

  1. "Vienna"
  2. "Unfamiliar Faces"
  3. "Cigarette Eyes"
  4. "Downfall"

Side C:

  1. "Trying To Lose My Mind"
  2. "Bound"
  3. "Heart Of Stone"
  4. "Miss Magnolia"

Side D (etched vinyl):

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Sales and chart performance

Unfamiliar Faces debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 11,000 copies in its first week. [7] The album received mixed reviews, gaining a score of 59 on metacritic.com and 30 from the Observer music monthly.

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References

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  2. Collar, Matt. Unfamiliar Faces at AllMusic
  3. "Protected Blog › Log in" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. "Paste Magazine" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. Pitchfork Media review
  6. "JustPressPlay review" . Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. Katie Hasty, "'Juno' Unseats Keys From Atop Album Chart", Billboard.com, January 30, 2008.
  8. Official website "Costa's new single on iTunes", October 8, 2007.