Watch Me Fall

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Watch Me Fall
Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 4, 2009 [1]
Genre Garage rock, indie rock, power pop, punk rock
Length32:09
Language English
Label Matador Records
Jay Reatard chronology
Blood Visions
(2006)
Watch Me Fall
(2009)

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]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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]
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Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
The Toronto Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

Musicians

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