Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Studio album by The Sundays
Released January 15, 1990
Recorded 1989–1990
Genre Indie pop, dream pop
Length 38:34
Label Rough Trade
Producer The Sundays, Ray Shulman
The Sundays chronology
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
(1990)
Blind
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
BBC Music (favourable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-) [3]
Rolling Stone [4]

Reading, Writing and Arithmetic is the first album by The Sundays. It was released in the United Kingdom on Rough Trade Records, and in the United States on Geffen Records. The album name is a reference to the band's hometown, Reading.[5]

Track listing [6]

All songs written by David Gavurin and Harriet Wheeler.

  1. "Skin & Bones" – 4:16
  2. "Here's Where the Story Ends" – 3:54
  3. "Can't Be Sure" – 3:22
  4. "I Won" – 4:23
  5. "Hideous Towns" – 3:46
  6. "You're Not the Only One I Know" – 3:50
  7. "A Certain Someone" – 4:25
  8. "I Kicked a Boy" – 2:16
  9. "My Finest Hour" – 3:59
  10. "Joy" – 4:10

Personnel

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