Whatever's on Your Mind

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Whatever's on Your Mind
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Studio album by
Released3 June 2011
Genre Indie rock
Label ATO Records
Producer
Gomez chronology
A New Tide
(2009)
Whatever's on Your Mind
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 56/100 [1]
Review scores
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Paste (7.3/10) [4]
Pitchfork (2.9/10) [5]
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Spin (6/10) [8]

Whatever's on Your Mind is the seventh studio album by English indie rock band Gomez released on 6 June 2011 by ATO Records. As with their last album, production on Whatever's on Your Mind was overseen by the band as well as Brian Deck, known for his work on albums from bands such as Modest Mouse, Counting Crows and Iron & Wine.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Gomez except where noted

  1. "Options"
  2. "I Will Take You There "
  3. "Whatever's on Your Mind"
  4. "Just as Lost as You"
  5. "The Place and the People"
  6. "Our Goodbye"
  7. "Song in My Heart"
  8. "Equalize"
  9. "That Wolf"
  10. "X-Rays"

Personnel

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References

  1. "Whatever's on Your Mind Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Austin Chronicle review
  4. Paste Magazine review
  5. Pitchfork Media review
  6. PopMatters review
  7. Slant Magazine review
  8. Spin Review