What Will We Be

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What Will We Be
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
Genre Folk, freak folk, naturalismo
Length50:31
Label Reprise/Warner Bros.
Producer Paul Butler, Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart chronology
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
(2007)
What Will We Be
(2009)
Mala
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club (A-) [2]
Drowned In Sound (4/10) [3]
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Pitchfork Media (4.0/10) [6]
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What Will We Be is Devendra Banhart's seventh studio album released on October 27, 2009, on Warner Bros. Records. [10] The album was co-produced by Banhart and Paul Butler from A Band of Bees. Rejoining Banhart are old band mates Noah Georgeson, Greg Rogove, Luckey Remington, and Rodrigo Amarante, all of whom worked with him on his previous album, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon .

Contents

The composition "Maria Lionza" is an "evocation to the goddess." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Can't Help But Smiling"2:24
2."Angelika"3:23
3."Baby"3:06
4."Goin' Back"3:44
5."First Song for B"3:00
6."Last Song for B"3:02
7."Chin Chin & Muck Muck"5:25
8."16th & Valencia, Roxy Music"3:00
9."Rats"5:08
10."Maria Lionza"5:51
11."Brindo"3:42
12."Meet Me at Lookout Point"3:40
13."Walilamdzi"2:11
14."Foolin'"2:43
15."Welcome to the Island" (Bonus track)2:47
16."Pray for the Other Person's Happiness" (Bonus track)3:44

Chart performance

Album charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
French Albums Chart [12] 116
UK Albums Chart [13] 109
U.S. Billboard 200 [14] 139
U.S. Folk Albums [14] 8
U.S. Top Heatseekers [14] 4

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