| Waiting on a Song | ||||
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| Released | June 2, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–2017 | |||
| Studio | Easy Eye Sound Studio (Nashville) | |||
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| Length | 32:38 | |||
| Label | Easy Eye Sound | |||
| Producer | Dan Auerbach | |||
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Waiting on a Song is the second studio album by American musician Dan Auerbach. The album was released on June 2, 2017, and is the first release from Easy Eye Sound, Auerbach's label. [1] [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B− [4] |
| Consequence of Sound | C+ [5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10 [6] |
| The Independent |   [7] |
| The Observer | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 6.7/10 [9] |
| Paste | 8.6/10 [10] |
| PopMatters |   [11] |
| Rolling Stone |  [12] |
| Slant Magazine | [13] |
Waiting on a Song received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on 19 reviews. [3]
The title track of the album was released as a single in the UK in June 2017 [14] with a video directed by Bryan Schlam and featuring John Prine and Pat McLaughlin in cameo roles. [15]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Waiting on a Song" | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Malibu Man" | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Livin' in Sin" | 2:24 |
| 4. | "Shine on Me" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "King of a One Horse Town" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Never in My Wildest Dreams" | 2:56 |
| 7. | "Cherrybomb" | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Stand by My Girl" | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Undertow" | 3:24 |
| 10. | "Show Me" | 2:50 |
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] | 83 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] | 63 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] | 11 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] | 58 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) [20] | 65 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [21] | 43 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [22] | 185 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] | 62 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) [24] | 51 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [25] | 45 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] | 27 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] | 57 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] | 22 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [29] | 49 |
| US Billboard 200 [30] | 41 |
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