Front Row Seat to Earth

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.

Front Row Seat to Earth
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[5]
Metacritic82/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash8/10[1]
Exclaim!8/10[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[9]
The Observer[10]
Pitchfork8.3/10[11]
Uncut8/10[12]
Under the Radar8.5/10[4]

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

Composition

Donning "the misty sounds of late '60s folk and '70s AM radio,"[11] Front Row pushes forward in Blood's "glacial slide towards psychedelic folk", yielding comparisons to Kevin Ayers, Vashti Bunyan, Linda Perhacs, and Bridget St. John.[4]

Accolades
Publication List Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2016 43 [13]
Under the Radar Top 100 Albums of 2016 9 [14]

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

References
  1. Walker-Smart, Sam (October 13, 2016). "Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth". Clash. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  2. "veery's Review of Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth | Album of the Year". albumoftheyear.org. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. Simpson, Paul. "Front Row Seat to Earth – Weyes Blood". AllMusic. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  4. Everhart, John (December 14, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth (Mexican Summer)". Under the Radar. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  5. "Front Row Seat To Earth by Weyes Blood reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  6. "Reviews for Front Row Seat to Earth by Weyes Blood". Metacritic. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  7. Pageau, Mathias (October 19, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Exclaim!. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  8. Hann, Michael (November 3, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth review – beautiful, unsettling songs". The Guardian. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Mapes, Jillian (October 19, 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  12. Bonner, Michael (November 2016). "Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth". Uncut (234): 38.
  13. "The 50 Best Albums of 2016 | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  14. "Under the Radar's Top Albums of 2016 | Under the Radar". undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved November 21, 2020.



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