Watch Me Fall | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 4, 2009 [1] | |||
Genre | Garage rock, indie rock, power pop, punk rock | |||
Length | 32:09 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Matador Records | |||
Jay Reatard chronology | ||||
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Watch Me Fall is the second and final solo studio album by Jay Reatard. It was released on August 4, 2009 by Matador Records. [1]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Drowned in Sound | (7/10) [2] |
Entertainment Weekly | (A-) [3] |
NME | (8/10) [4] |
Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) [5] |
PopMatters | (8/10) [6] |
Slant Magazine | [7] |
Spin | [8] |
The Toronto Star | [9] |
Initial critical response to Watch Me Fall was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76 based on 23 reviews. [10]
The album briefly entered the U.S. Billboard 200, peaking at 182. [11]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" | 2:22 |
2. | "Before I Was Caught" | 2:07 |
3. | "Man of Steel" | 2:31 |
4. | "Can't Do It Anymore" | 1:45 |
5. | "Faking It" | 1:56 |
6. | "I'm Watching You" | 3:46 |
7. | "Wounded" | 2:36 |
8. | "Rotten Mind" | 2:19 |
9. | "Nothing Now" | 2:43 |
10. | "My Reality" | 2:43 |
11. | "Hang Them All" | 3:40 |
12. | "There Is No Sun" | 3:49 |
13. | "Tiny Little Home (iTunes bonus track)" | 1:44 |
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