Wheel is the third album by American singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson, and the first to be credited solely to her.[1] The album was released through Don Giovanni Records on April 23, 2013.
| Wheel | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 2012; Marcata Recording, New Paltz, New York | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 46:10 | |||
| Label | Don Giovanni Records | |||
| Producer | Kevin McMahon | |||
| Laura Stevenson chronology | ||||
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Background
editStevenson stated that the album's tracks were written in "various states of depression" and that she had a "tormented" time recording the album. She said, "the recording process, I really struggled with it, so I put it away. And then, everybody was like, “Oh, you’re gonna get a Pitchfork review and this is gonna be so cool.” So I was like, “Oh, okay.” Then my hopes got really high that things were going to get easier for me, like I was gonna get a little bump and that was going to be helpful. Then that didn’t happen and it was the same slog, which is fine now, in retrospect. But when it came out, I got super disappointed afterwards and then I just tucked that record away. I mean, I still played the songs, but I never really listened to it."[2]
Track listing
edit- Renée
- Triangle
- Runner
- Every Tense
- Bells & Whistles
- Sink, Swim
- The Hole
- Eleonora
- The Move
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Telluride
- L-Dopa
- The Wheel
Reception
edit| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.2/10[7] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[4] |
| Punknews.org | 4.5/5[6] |
| Sputnikmusic | 5/5[5] |
References
edit- ^ Gallagher, Natalie. "Laura Stevenson: I'm not writing for people with an". City Pages.
- ^ https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/laura-stevenson/laura-stevenson-looks-back-on-10-years-of-wheel
- ^ "Wheel by Laura Stevenson Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
- ^ Smith, Robin (April 23, 2013). "Laura Stevenson: Wheel". PopMatters.
- ^ Freeman, Channing (April 4, 2013). "Review: Laura Stevenson - Wheel". Sputnikmusic.
- ^ "Laura Stevenson - Wheel". PunkNews. April 30, 2013.
- ^ Snapes, Laura (April 29, 2013). "Laura Stevenson: Wheel Album Review". Pitchfork.
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