Dixie Blur

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Dixie Blur
DixieBlur2020cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)
Length55:04
Label
Jonathan Wilson chronology
Rare Birds
(2018)
Dixie Blur
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [3]
Under the Radar 7/10 [4]

Dixie Blur is the fourth studio album by American musician and producer Jonathan Wilson. It was released on March 6, 2020, by Bella Union. [5] [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Dixie Blur was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 6 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Dixie Blur track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Just For Love"3:15
2."'69 Corvette"4:21
3."New Home"3:46
4."So Alive"4:49
5."In Heaven Making Love"2:52
6."Oh Girl"4:57
7."Pirate"3:21
8."Enemies"3:47
9."Fun For The Masses"3:06
10."Platform"3:34
11."Riding The Blinds"4:48
12."El Camino Real"3:05
13."Golden Apples"3:19
14."Korean Tea"6:04
Total length:55:04

Charts

Chart performance for Dixie Blur
Chart (2020)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 41
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 38
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [9] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [10] 8

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  4. Spenceley, Hayden (April 15, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved May 17, 2020.
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