When the Wind Forgets Your Name

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When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Built to Spill - The Wind Forgets Your Name.jpg
Studio album by
Built to Spill
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)
Length45:08
Label Sub Pop
Producer Doug Martsch
Built to Spill chronology
Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
(2020)		When the Wind Forgets Your Name
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 81/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Paste 7.7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [8]
PopMatters 8/10 [9]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Under the Radar 8/10 [11]
Uncut 7/10 [12]

When the Wind Forgets Your Name is the ninth studio album by American indie rock band Built to Spill. It was released on September 9, 2022, by Sub Pop.

Contents

Track listing

All the tracks are written and produced by Doug Martsch. [13]

When the Wind Forgets Your Name track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Gonna Lose"2:33
2."Fool's Gold"4:01
3."Understood"4:02
4."Elements"5:48
5."Rocksteady"5:06
6."Spiderweb"5:23
7."Never Alright"4:50
8."Alright"4:59
9."Comes a Day"8:26
Total length:45:08

Personnel

From the album's liner notes. [14]

Musicians

Production

Design

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References

  1. ↑ "When the Wind Forgets Your Name by Built to Spill (reviews)". AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "When the Wind Forgets Your Name by Built to Spill Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. Review of When the Wind Forgets Your Name at AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ Coulombe, Bruno (September 6, 2022). "Built to Spill Remember Who They Are on When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ Gorst, Theo (September 5, 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  6. ↑ Currin, Grayson Haven (October 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Mojo . p. 86. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ Danton, Eric R. (September 7, 2022). "Built to Spill Take a Psychedelic Turn on When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Paste . Archived from the original on September 8, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  8. ↑ Rytlewski, Evan (September 19, 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Pitchfork . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ Miller, Brandon (September 14, 2022). "Built to Spill pick up where they left off with When the Wind Forgets Your Name". PopMatters . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Pearlman, Mischa (October 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Record Collector . p. 123. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  11. ↑ The Raven, Matt (September 9, 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Under the Radar . Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ Wray, Daniel Dylan (October 2022). "Built to Spill – When the Wind Forgets Your Name". Uncut . p. 26. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Credits / When the Wind Forgets Your Name / Built to Spill" . Tidal . Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  14. ↑ When the Wind Forgets Your Name liner notes. Sub Pop. 2022.


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