Up on High

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Up on High
Up on High.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
Length41:32
Label Mama Bird
Vetiver chronology
Complete Strangers
(2015)
Up on High
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 5/10 [3]
Paste 6.7/10 [4]

Up on High is the seventh studio album by American band Vetiver. It was released on November 1, 2019 under Mama Bird Records. [5] In support for the album, a tour of the U.S. and the U.K. was announced. [6]

Contents

The first single from the album, "To Who Knows Where" was released on August 28, 2019. [7]

Critical reception

Up on High was met with generally favorable 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 76, based on 11 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Up on High track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Living End"4:47
2."To Who Knows Where"3:19
3."Swaying"3:18
4."All We Could Want"4:38
5."Hold Tight"4:02
6."Wanted, Never Asked"3:42
7."A Door Shuts Quick"4:17
8."Filigree"3:36
9."Up on High"5:44
10."Lost (In Your Eyes)"4:09

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References

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  2. Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved April 30, 2020.
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