Warmer (Jeff Tweedy album)

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Warmer
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Studio album by
Jeff Tweedy
ReleasedApril 13, 2019 (2019-04-13)
StudioThe Loft (Chicago, IL)
Length32:06
Label dBpm
Producer
Jeff Tweedy chronology
Warm
(2018)		Warmer
(2019)		 Love Is the King
(2020)
Singles from Warmer
  1. "Family Ghost"
    Released: April 9, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Paste 9/10 [2]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Warmer is the third solo studio album by American musician Jeff Tweedy. It was initially released on April 13, 2019, via dBpm Records on vinyl as a Record Store Day exclusive, and saw wider digital release on July 12, 2019. It was recorded at The Loft in Chicago at the same time as his previous album, Warm , [5] marking it his second solo album of entirely new material. Production was handled by Tweedy himself together with Tom Schick.

Contents

The album peaked at No. 61 on the Top Album Sales, No. 23 on the Americana/Folk Albums and No. 11 on the Independent Albums charts in the United States, and No. 11 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart in the UK. It was also met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 83 based on four reviews. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Orphan"2:52
2."Family Ghost"3:08
3."...And Then You Cut It in Half"4:34
4."Ten Sentences"3:26
5."Sick Server"2:54
6."Empty Head"3:34
7."Landscape"3:02
8."Ultra Orange Room"2:40
9."Evergreen"2:30
10."Guaranteed"3:26
Total length:32:06

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [6] 61
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [7] 23
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [8] 11

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References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Warmer - Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  2. ↑ Reyes-Kulkarni, Saby (July 5, 2019). "Jeff Tweedy: WARMER". Paste Magazine . Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Rytlewski, Evan (April 15, 2019). "Jeff Tweedy: WARMER Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  4. ↑ Dolan, Jon (April 12, 2019). "Review: Jeff Tweedy's Record Store Day Treat 'Warmer'". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ Kreps, Daniel (April 8, 2019). "Jeff Tweedy to Release 'Warm' Companion LP 'Warmer' on Record Store Day". Rolling Stone . Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Jeff Tweedy Chart History (Top Album Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Jeff Tweedy Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Jeff Tweedy Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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