You Were Right (album)

You Were Right
Studio album by Brendan Benson
Released	December 10, 2013 (2013-12-10)
Genre	Rock
Length	46:30
Label	Readymade (US) Lojinx (Europe)
Producer	Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson chronology
What Kind of World (2012) You Were Right (2013) Dear Life (2020)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Mojo	[3]
Uncut	[4]
Daily Express	[5]
American Songwriter	[6]
NME	6/10 [7]
Drowned in Sound	5/10 [8]

You Were Right is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Brendan Benson. The album was released in December 2013 under Benson's own label Readymade Records in the US, and Lojinx ^[9] in Europe. ^[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brendan Benson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's Your Choice"	3:34
2.	"Rejuvenate Me"	2:26
3.	"As of Tonight"	3:07
4.	"Diamond"	2:58
5.	"Long Term Goal"	2:42
6.	"I Don't Wanna See You Anymore"	3:15
7.	"I'll Never Tell"	3:16
8.	"Swallow You Whole"	3:41
9.	"She's Trying to Poison Me"	2:31
10.	"Purely Automatic"	4:34
11.	"New Words of Wisdom"	3:02
12.	"Oh My Love"	2:58
13.	"The Fritz" (CD bonus track)	1:37
14.	"Swimming" (CD bonus track)	3:49
15.	"Red White and Blues" (CD bonus track)	3:00

Personnel

• Brendan Benson - Composer
• Michael Andrews - Composer
• Ashley Monroe - Composer
• Sarah Siskind - Composer
• Young Hines - Composer
• Ken Stringfellow - Bass, Keyboards
• Seth Timbs - Bass
• Jon Auer - Bass, Guitar
• Dean Fertita - Keyboards
• Brad Pemberton - Drums
• Matt Mahaffey - Drums

Credits

• Tyler Bergfield - Cover
• Adriel Denae - Photography
• Laura Keating - Layout
• Chris Mara - Engineer
• Greg Thompson - Assistant Engineer
• David Towne - Mastering Assistant
• Tommy Wiggins - Mastering

References

1. "You Were Right Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
2. Thomas, Fred. "You Were Right - Brendan Benson". AllMusic . Retrieved December 12, 2013.
3. "Mojo Review" (JPG). Media.lojinx.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
4. "Uncut Review" (JPG). Media.lojinx.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
5. "Daily Express Review" (JPG). Media.lojinx.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
6. Horowitz, Hal (December 10, 2013). "You Were Right: Brendan Benson". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
7. Fullerton, Jamie (November 22, 2013). "Brendan Benson: You Were Right". Nme.com. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
8. Lucas, Dan (November 26, 2013). "Album Review". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
9. "Brendan Benson - You Were Right (Lojinx)". Lojinx.com. November 25, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
10. "You Were Right". Amazon. Retrieved December 12, 2013.