We've Been Going About This All Wrong

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We've Been Going About This All Wrong
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Studio album by
Sharon Van Etten
ReleasedMay 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)
Genre Indie rock [1]
Length39:20
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer
  • Sharon Van Etten
  • Daniel Knowles
Sharon Van Etten chronology
Remind Me Tomorrow
(2019)		We've Been Going About This All Wrong
(2022)
Singles from We've Been Going About This All Wrong
  1. "Porta"
    Released: February 8, 2022
  2. "Used to It"
    Released: March 1, 2022
  3. "Mistakes"
    Released: May 9, 2022
  4. "Headspace"
    Released: July 7, 2022
  5. "Never Gonna Change"
    Released: October 6, 2022
  6. "When I Die"
    Released: November 11, 2022

We've Been Going About This All Wrong is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten, released on May 6, 2022, by Jagjaguwar. Van Etten wrote the whole album herself, and produced it with Daniel Knowles. The indie rock album was preceded by four singles. It was critically acclaimed and appeared on several year-end lists, and charted in several countries. A deluxe version of the album was released on November 11, with two more singles ahead of it.

Contents

Release

We've Been Going About This All Wrong was released on May 6, 2022, by Jagjaguwar. [2] [3] Four singles were released prior to the album's release. "Mistakes", which was released May 9, 2022; [4] and "Headspace", which was released July 7; [5] were both included on the original album. "Porta", released February 8; [6] and "Used to It", released March 1; [7] were originally released as standalone singles before being announced as part of the deluxe edition on October 6. "Never Gonna Change" was released as a single the same day as the deluxe announcement, [8] and "When I Die" released the same day as the deluxe album's release on November 11. [9]

Music videos were released for the first four singles. The video for "Mistakes" shows Van Etten wandering around Brooklyn, meeting friends and dancing in the street. [4] The "Porta" video depicts Van Etten practicing pilates and was inspired by Van Etten's friendship with North Carolina pilates instructor Stella Cook. [6] The "Headspace" video was directed by Ashley Connor and depicts Van Etten taking cellphones away from a couple portrayed by dancers Coco Karol and Miguel Angel Guzmán and encouraging them to embrace each other. [5] The video for "Used to It" features Van Etten dancing with choreographer Hayden J. Frederick, and was directed by Van Etten's musical director and bandmate Charley Damski. [7]

The album is named after a line of dialogue in the 1993 movie The Sandlot , a movie Van Etten says she has watched "probably ... 100 times" with her son. [10]

Reception

We've Been Going About This All Wrong ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10 [11]
Metacritic 80/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Beats Per Minute 88% [13]
Exclaim! 8/10 [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Line of Best Fit 7/10 [15]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Paste 8.4/10 [16]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [17]
PopMatters 8/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , We've Been Going About This All Wrong received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 80 out of 100 from 19 critic scores. [12]

Year-end lists

We've Been Going About This All Wrong on year-end lists
Publication#Ref.
BrooklynVegan 39 [20]
Consequence of Sound 47 [21]
Exclaim! 43 [22]
Mondo Sonoro 45 [23]
Paste 46 [24]
PopMatters 61 [25]
Sound Opinions
(Jim DeRogatis)		17 [26]
Sound Opinions
(Greg Kot)		2 [26]
Uncut 19 [27]
Under the Radar 8 [28]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sharon Van Etten

We've Been Going About This All Wrong track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Darkness Fades"4:34
2."Home to Me"3:39
3."I'll Try"3:08
4."Anything"2:38
5."Born"5:02
6."Headspace"4:26
7."Come Back"4:30
8."Darkish"4:05
9."Mistakes"3:59
10."Far Away"3:19
Total length:39:20
We've Been Going About This All Wrong (Deluxe Edition) track listing
No.TitleLength
11."Never Gonna Change"3:39
12."Porta"3:26
13."Used to It"4:31
14."When I Die"4:45
Total length:55:40

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for We've Been Going About This All Wrong
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [29] 48
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [30] 102
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [31] 169
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 52
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [33] 22
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [34] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC) [35] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 88
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 28
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [38] 5
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [39] 10
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [40] 3
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [41] 7

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