The Switch 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 75, based on 17 reviews.[ 2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 71 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 17 reviews.[ 10]
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Title 1. "Last Time" 7:53 2. "You Don't Need" 5:26 3. "In the Dark Room" 4:38 4. "Change My Brain" 10:41 5. "Reverse Hard" 10:06
^ Shoemaker, Allison (June 5, 2018). "Kim Gordon's Body/Head announce new album, The Switch, share "You Don't Need" " . Consequence of Sound . Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
^ a b "The Switch by Body/Head" . Metacritic . Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
^ Phares, Heather. "The Switch - Body/Head" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ Ham, Robert (July 11, 2018). "Body/Head Reach a New Creative Peak on The Switch" . Consequence of Sound . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ McClelland, Jenna (July 23, 2018). "Album Review" . Exclaim! . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ Scrudato, Ken (July 19, 2018). "Album Review" . Flood Magazine . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ Snapes, Laura (July 13, 2018). "Body/Head: The Switch review – Kim Gordon's prophecies of doom" . The Guardian . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ Korber, Kevin (July 13, 2018). "Album Review" . PopMatters . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
^ Murphy, Sarah (June 4, 2018). "Body/Head Detail 'The Switch' LP" . Exclaim! . Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
^ "Album of the Year Review" . Album of the Year . Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
^ "The Wire's Releases of the Year 2018" . Album of the Year . Retrieved March 6, 2019 .