Wolverines (album)

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Wolverines
Wolverines album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2014
Genre Punk rock, pop punk, heartland rock
Length31:12
Label I Surrender
Producer Brett Romnes
I Am the Avalanche chronology
Avalanche United
(2011)
Wolverines
(2014)
Dive
(2020)

Wolverines is a 2014 studio album by the Brooklyn-based band I Am the Avalanche. [1]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 90/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Blare6.5/10 [3]
Ox-Fanzine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rock Sound 9/10 [5]
Thrash Hits5/6 [6]

Track listing

  1. "Two Runaways" – 3:23
  2. "177" – 2:35
  3. "The Shape I'm In" – 3:29
  4. "Young Kerouacs" – 3:17
  5. "Wolverines" – 1:25
  6. "Anna Lee" – 3:07
  7. "Save Your Name" – 2:52
  8. "Where Were You? " – 4:29
  9. "My Lion Heart" – 2:42
  10. "One Last Time" – 3:53

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