Whatever (Green Velvet album)

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Whatever
Green Velvet - Whatever.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 2001 (2001-11-16)
Genre
Length49:53
Label Relief Records
Producer Green Velvet
Green Velvet chronology
Green Velvet
(2000)
Whatever
(2001)
Walk in Love
(2005)

Whatever is the second studio album by Green Velvet. It was originally released on Relief Records in 2001.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Green Velvet.

Original edition (2001)
No.TitleLength
1."Genedefekt"3:30
2."La La Land"5:01
3."Stranj"4:52
4."When?"5:34
5."Sleepwalking"4:52
6."Stop Lyin'"4:38
7."Minimum Rage"7:05
8."GAT (The Great American Tragedy)"3:06
9."Waitin' 4 the Day 2 End"3:26
10."Dank"7:49
Reissue edition (2001)
No.TitleLength
1."La La Land"5:01
2."Genedefekt"3:30
3."Sleepwalking"4:52
4."Why Try"4:35
5."Waitin' 4 the Day 2 End"3:26
6."Stop Lyin'"4:38
7."GAT (The Great American Tragedy)"3:06
8."Stranj"4:52
9."When?"5:34
10."Minimum Rage"7:05
11."Dank"2:46
Australian edition (2002)
No.TitleLength
1."Genedefekt"3:30
2."La La Land"5:01
3."Sleepwalking"4:52
4."Why Try"4:35
5."Waitin' 4 the Day 2 End"3:26
6."Stop Lyin'"4:38
7."GAT (The Great American Tragedy)"3:06
8."Stranj"4:52
9."When?"5:34
10."Minimum Rage"7:05
11."Dank"2:46
Australian edition (2002): bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."La La Land (Poxy Music vs Kid Kenobi Remix)"8:49
2."La La Land (Biz E Reshuffle)"4:50
3."La La Land (Futureshock Club Mix)"7:48
4."La La Land (Par-T-One Mix)"7:36
5."La La Land (Zzino vs Filterheadz Mix)"7:44
6."La La Land (Dave Clarke Remix)"5:36
7."Genedefekt (Cajmere Mix)"6:27
8."Genedefekt (Geo Vogt Mix)"6:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from the original CD edition's liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 33

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