Warm (Jeff Tweedy album)

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Warm
Jeff Tweedy - Warm.png
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 30, 2018
StudioThe Loft, Chicago, Illinois [1]
Length39:41
Label dBpm
Producer Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy chronology
Together at Last
(2017)
Warm
(2018)
Warmer
(2019)
Singles from Warm
  1. "Some Birds"
    Released: September 24, 2018
  2. "Let's Go Rain"
    Released: November 13, 2018
  3. "I Know What It's Like"
    Released: November 27, 2018

Warm is the second studio album by American musician Jeff Tweedy, released on November 30, 2018 by dBpm Records. It is his first solo album of entirely new material. [2]

Contents

It was released shortly after the release of Tweedy's memoir, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) .

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.1/10 [3]
Metacritic 84/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Consequence of Sound B+ [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 8.3/10 [11]
PopMatters 8/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Warm has received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 21 reviews. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jeff Tweedy.

No.TitleLength
1."Bombs Above"2:15
2."Some Birds"3:41
3."Don't Forget"3:30
4."How Hard It Is for a Desert to Die"4:49
5."Let's Go Rain"2:57
6."From Far Away"3:10
7."I Know What It's Like"3:46
8."Having Been Is No Way to Be"4:34
9."The Red Brick"2:36
10."Warm (When the Sun Has Died)"2:18
11."How Will I Find You?"6:05
Total length:39:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [15]

Musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 75
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] 83
US Billboard 200 [18] 87

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