Yours Truly, the Commuter

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Yours Truly, the Commuter
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Studio album by
Jason Lytle
ReleasedMay 19, 2009 (2009-05-19)
StudiosThe Warbler in Montana, U.S.
Genres
Label ANTI-
ProducerJason Lytle
Jason Lytle chronology
Yours Truly, the Commuter
(2009)		 Dept. of Disappearance
(2012)

Yours Truly, the Commuter is the debut solo studio album by American indie rock musician Jason Lytle. It was released on May 19, 2009, by ANTI-.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 67/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club C+ [3]
Entertainment Weekly B [4]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The New York Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
NME 7/10 [7]
The Phoenix Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Pitchfork 7.4/10 [9]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Yours Truly, the Commuter was generally well received by critics. AllMusic called it "a gorgeously atmospheric record, a panorama of lush California landscapes filtered through the lonely lens of winter air and rural, mountainous terrain. There's a familiar mix of electronics and acoustic instruments here, but they're linked together more discreetly than before", calling it "more cohesive than many of those past [Grandaddy] albums". [2] Pitchfork wrote: "Yours Truly, the Commuter sounds an awful lot like a Grandaddy album – not just another Grandaddy album, though, but a really good one, the best since Sumday ." [9]

Less favourable was The A.V. Club , writing: "Lytle settles for repetitive mood-setters that merely re-shuffle the elements he's been working with for more than a decade now, with no discernible progress or mastery." [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jason Lytle.

No.TitleLength
1."Yours Truly, the Commuter"3:16
2."Brand New Sun"4:22
3."Ghost of My Old Dog"5:06
4."I Am Lost (And the Moment Cannot Last)"2:20
5."Birds Encouraged Him"4:25
6."It's the Weekend"2:15
7."Fürget It"3:52
8."This Song Is the Mute Button"2:40
9."Rollin' Home Alone"4:14
10."You're Too Gone"2:41
11."Flying Thru Canyons"3:07
12."Here for Good"3:57
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."The Weather Girl"3:51
iTunes pre-order bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."This Song Is the Mute Button (Other Version)" 

Credits

Additional personnel
Technical

Charts

ChartPeak position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)42 [11]
French Albums Chart175 [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Yours Truly, the Commuter – Metacritic". Metacritic . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Leahey, Andrew. "Yours Truly, the Commuter – Jason Lytle | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Murray, Noel (May 19, 2009). "Review: Jason Lytle: Yours Truly, the Commuter • Music Review • The A.V. Club". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Greenwald, Andy (May 13, 2009). "Yours Truly, the Commuter Review | Music Reviews and News | ew.com". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ Gill, Andy (May 22, 2009). "Album: Jason Lytle, Yours Truly, the Commuter (Anti-) – Reviews – Music – The Independent" . The Independent . Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "[Yours Truly, the Commuter review]". Mojo : 99. June 2009.
  7. ↑ Fullerton, Jamie (May 13, 2009). "NME Reviews – Album Review: Jason Lytle | nme.com". NME . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  8. ↑ Wood, Mikael (May 18, 2009). "Jason Lytle – Yours Truly, the Commuter". The Phoenix . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  9. 1 2 Deusner, Stephen M. (May 21, 2009). "Jason Lytle: Yours Truly, the Commuter". Album Reviews. Pitchfork . Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  10. ↑ Uncut . June 2009. p. 125.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter". Ultratop. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012.
  12. ↑ "JASON LYTLE - YOURS TRULY, THE COMMUTER (ALBUM)". lescharts. Archived from the original on January 3, 2010.


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