You Were Right (album)

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You Were Right
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 10, 2013 (2013-12-10)
Genre Rock
Length46:30
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
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Metacritic 73/100 [1]
Review scores
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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]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brendan Benson

No.TitleLength
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

Credits

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