If Children

If Children
Studio album by Wye Oak
Released Originally released in 2007, re-released by Merge Records on April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)
Recorded Winter of 2006
Genre Indie rock
Length 41:41
Label Merge Records
Wye Oak chronology
If Children
(2008)		 The Knot
(2009)

If Children is the debut studio album by Baltimore-based band Wye Oak. The album was originally released in 2007, but was re-released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(7.1/10)[2]
Allmusic[3]
Seven Days(favorable)[1]
Robert Christgau[4]
American Songwriter[5]

Writing for Pitchfork Media, Mike Powell gave If Children a 7.1 out of 10 rating, saying that the album "displays a band that knows how to vary a theme just enough to keep momentum."[2] Robert Christgau gave it a 2-star honorable mention rating, which corresponds to a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy,"[6] and said of the album that it was "Poised warily between innocence and experience, d/b/a melody and chaos."[4]

Track listing

  1. Please Concrete 3:12
  2. Warning 3:49
  3. Regret 2:25
  4. Archaic Smile 5:05
  5. Family Glue 4:15
  6. Please Concrete 3:12
  7. Warning 3:49
  8. Regret 2:25
  9. Archaic Smile 5:05
  10. Family Glue 4:15
  11. Orchard Fair 3:46
  12. I Don't Feel Young 3:01
  13. Keeping Company 3:52
  14. A Lawn to Mow 3:11
  15. If Children Were Wishes 5:27
  16. Obituary 3:54

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Pritchard, Jason (4 June 2008). "Wye Oak, If Children Review". Seven Days. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Powell, Mike (25 April 2008). "If Children Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "If Children Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "CG: Wye Oak". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Fink, Matt (1 May 2008). "If Children Review". American Songwriter. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Grades 1990-". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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