Front Row Seat to Earth

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Front Row Seat to Earth
Front Row Seat to Earth.jpg
Studio album by
Weyes Blood
ReleasedOctober 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)
Genre
Length44:46
LabelMexican Summer
Producer
Weyes Blood chronology
The Innocents
(2014) 		Front Row Seat to Earth
(2016) 		Titanic Rising
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[4]
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[2]
Clash8/10[1]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
The Guardian5/5 stars[7]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[8]
The Observer3/5 stars[9]
Pitchfork8.3/10[10]
Uncut8/10[11]
Under the Radar8.5/10[3]

Front Row Seat to Earth is the third studio album by American musician Weyes Blood. It was released on October 21, 2016, by Mexican Summer.

The album's cover art was photographed beside the Salton Sea.

Composition[]

Donning "the misty sounds of late '60s folk and '70s AM radio,"[10] Front Row Seat to Earth pushes forward in Blood's "glacial slide towards psychedelic folk", yielding comparisons to Kevin Ayers, Vashti Bunyan, Linda Perhacs, and Bridget St. John.[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Natalie Mering.

No.TitleLength
1."Diary"5:36
2."Used to Be"4:32
3."Be Free"6:22
4."Do You Need My Love?"6:25
5."Generation Why"5:21
6."Can't Go Home"4:40
7."Seven Words"4:37
8."Away Above"5:18
9."Front Row Seat"1:55
Total length:44:46

Accolades[]

Publication List Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2016 43 [12]
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2016 9 [13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Walker-Smart, Sam (October 13, 2016). "Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth". Clash. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Simpson, Paul. "Front Row Seat to Earth – Weyes Blood". AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Everhart, John (December 14, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth (Mexican Summer)". Under the Radar. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Front Row Seat To Earth by Weyes Blood reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Reviews for Front Row Seat to Earth by Weyes Blood". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  6. ^ Pageau, Mathias (October 19, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. ^ Hann, Michael (November 3, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth review – beautiful, unsettling songs". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  8. ^ King, Ian (October 18, 2016). "Weyes Blood make us both audience and active participant on Front Row Seat to Earth". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  9. ^ Mackay, Emily (October 30, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth review – a voice to still slavering beasts". The Observer. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Mapes, Jillian (October 19, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  11. ^ Bonner, Michael (November 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Uncut (234): 38.
  12. ^ "The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Under the Radar's Top Albums of 2016 | Under the Radar". undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.



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