We're All Gonna Die (album)

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We're All Gonna Die
Dawes - We're All Gonna Die.png
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 16, 2016
Genre Folk rock, pop rock
Length46:29
Label HUB
Producer Blake Mills
Dawes chronology
All Your Favorite Bands
(2015)
We're All Gonna Die
(2016)
Passwords
(2018)
Singles from We're All Gonna Die
  1. "When the Tequila Runs Out"
    Released: August 17, 2016
  2. "We're All Gonna Die"
    Released: September 7, 2016

We're All Gonna Die is the fifth studio album by American folk rock band Dawes. It was announced on August 17, 2016, with the release of the lead single, "When the Tequila Runs Out". The album was released on September 16, 2016. [1] It was produced by former bandmate (when they performed as Simon Dawes) Blake Mills. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Paste Magazine 7.0/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]

We're All Gonna Die received moderate praise upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 77, indicating "generally favorable" reviews, based on 6 critics.

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
American Songwriter Top 50 Albums of 20162016
27 [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One of Us" Taylor Goldsmith, Blake Mills 4:54
2."We're All Gonna Die"Goldsmith5:06
3."Roll with the Punches"Goldsmith, Mills4:25
4."Picture of a Man"Goldsmith, Jason Boesel 4:21
5."Less than Five Miles Away"Goldsmith, Mills4:58
6."Roll Tide"Boesel, Mills5:30
7."When the Tequila Runs Out"Goldsmith, Boesel, Mills4:46
8."For No Good Reason"Goldsmith, Mills4:22
9."Quitter"Goldsmith, Mills3:51
10."As If By Design"Goldsmith4:16

Personnel

Dawes

Additional Musicians

(*Jim James appears courtesy of Capitol Music Group) (*Brittany Howard appears courtesy of ATO Records)

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [10] 42
Airplay
SongChartPosition
"When the Tequila Runs Out"Billboard Adult Alternative Songs [11] 5
"Roll with the Punches"Billboard Adult Alternative Songs23

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