Winter & the Wolves

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Winter & the Wolves
Grieves - Winter & the Wolves.jpg
Studio album by
Grieves
ReleasedMarch 25, 2014 (2014-03-25)
Genre Hip hop
Length51:57
Label Rhymesayers Entertainment
Producer Grieves, B. Lewis
Grieves chronology
Together/Apart
(2011)		Winter & the Wolves
(2014)		Running Wild
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 58/100 [1]
Review scores
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Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
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Pitchfork 4.7/10 [5]

Winter & the Wolves is the fourth studio album by American hip hop artist Grieves. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment in 2014. [6] It peaked at number 57 on the Billboard 200 chart. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Winter & the Wolves received an average score of 58% based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rain Damage"4:00
2."Whoa Is Me"2:43
3."Over You" (featuring B. Lewis)4:24
4."Serpents"3:44
5."Breath of Air"4:14
6."Astronauts" (featuring Slug)3:51
7."Autumn"3:05
8."How's It Gonna Go" (featuring B. Lewis)4:26
9."Recluse"3:19
10."Like Child"2:50
11."Long One"3:21
12."Kidding Me"4:30
13."Shreds"3:07
14."Smoke in the Night"4:23

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [8] 57
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [9] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 13
US Rap Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 7

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  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Winter & the Wolves - Grieves". AllMusic . Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  3. ↑ Ham, Robert (March 26, 2014). "Grieves - Winter & The Wolves". Alternative Press . Retrieved 2014-11-29.
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  5. ↑ Bromwich, Jonah (March 25, 2014). "Grieves: Winter & the Wolves". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  6. ↑ Tardio, Andres (February 5, 2014). "Grieves "Winter & The Wolves" Release Date, Cover Art & Tracklist". HipHopDX . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ Ivey, Justin (June 29, 2017). "Grieves Unveils Cover Art, Tracklist & Release Date For "Running Wild"". HipHopDX . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
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  9. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Grieves - Chart history - Rap Albums". Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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