Watch Me Fall

Watch Me Fall
Studio album by Jay Reatard
Released August 4, 2009[1]
Genre Garage rock
Length 32:09
Language English
Label Matador
Jay Reatard chronology
Blood Visions
(2006)		 Watch Me Fall
(2009)

Watch Me Fall is the second and, with his death in 2010, final solo studio album by Jay Reatard. It was released August 4, 2009 by Matador Records.[1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Drowned in Sound (7/10)[2]
Entertainment Weekly (A-)[3]
NME (8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10)[5]
PopMatters (8/10)[6]
Slant Magazine [7]
Spin [8]
The Toronto Star [9]

Initial critical response to Watch Me Fall was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 23 reviews.[10]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"    
2. "Before I Was Caught"    
3. "Man of Steel"    
4. "Can't Do It Anymore"    
5. "Faking It"    
6. "I'm Watching You"    
7. "Wounded"    
8. "Rotten Mind"    
9. "Nothing Now"    
10. "My Reality"    
11. "Hang Them All"    
12. "There Is No Sun"    
13. "Tiny Little Home (iTunes bonus track)"    

Musicians

References

  1. ^ a b c "Watch me Fall > Overview". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1612338. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  2. ^ Lukowski, Andrzej (August 19, 2009). "Review : Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall : Release : Releases: Drowned in Sound". Drowned in Sound. http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14591/reviews/4137633. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  3. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "Watch Me Fall - Music Review - Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20297444,00.html. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  4. ^ Haynes, Gavin (August 11, 2009). "Jay Reatard - Album review: Jay Reatard - 'Watch Me Fall' - Album Reviews - NME.com". NME. http://www.nme.com/reviews/10756. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  5. ^ Review at Pitchfork Media
  6. ^ Tartanella, Emily (August 13, 2009). "Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall < Reviews:PopMatters". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/109288-jay-reatard-watch-me-fall/. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  7. ^ Cataldo, Jesse (August 12, 2009). "Jay Reatard:Watch Me Fall: Music Review: Slant Magazine". Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1817. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  8. ^ Gross, Joe (August 8, 2009). "Jay Reatard, 'Watch Me Fall' (Matador): Spin Magazine Online". Spin. http://www.spin.com/reviews/jay-reatard-watch-me-fall-matador. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  9. ^ Rayner, Ben (August 18, 2009). "Watch Me Fall: Jay Reatard: CD Review: Pop". Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/682307. Retrieved August 24, 2009. 
  10. ^ "Watch Me Fall reviews at Metacritic.com". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://apps.metacritic.com/music/artists/reatardjay/watchmefall. Retrieved September 23, 2009. 

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