Never Were the Way She Was

Never Were the Way She Was
Studio album by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld
Label Constellation Records
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld chronology

Never Were the Way She Was
(2015)
Colin Stetson chronology
New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
(2013)
Never Were the Way She Was
(2015)
Sarah Neufeld chronology
Black Ground EP
(2013)
Never Were the Way She Was
(2015)

Never Were the Way She Was is a collaborative album by Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld, released in 2015 by Constellation Records. It was recorded live in the studio without the use of overdubs or loops.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 80/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Drowned in Sound 8/10[3]
NME 7/10[4]
Pitchfork Media 7.7/10.0[5]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Never Were the Way She Was received an average score of 80, based on 14 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[2] AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek said that the album was too short, commenting that the songs "last only as long as they hold interest for the players, though they all create a real desire for more in the listener - which is no complaint at all."[1] Alexander Tudor of Drowned in Sound called the album a "triumph for instrumental music" and said that Stetson and Neufeld "work perfectly; long may they continue to work together."[3] NME reviewer Cian Traynor said that the pairing was "seamless" and that the album contained "expertly controlled energy" which "unfolds like a well-crafted score to an imagined film."[4]

Track listing

  1. "The Sun Roars Into View"
  2. "Won't be a Thing to Become"
  3. "In the Vespers"
  4. "And Still They Move"
  5. "With the Dark Hug of Time"
  6. "The Rest of Us"
  7. "Never Were the Way She Was"
  8. "Flight"

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jurek, Thom. "Never Were the Way She Was - Sarah Neufeld, Colin Stetson". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Critic Reviews for Never Were the Way She Was". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tudor, Alexander (27 April 2015). "Album Review: Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld - Never Were the Way She Was". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Traynor, Cian (13 April 2015). "9 Great Albums That May Have Passed You By This Week". NME. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. Greene, Jayson (27 May 2015). "Colin Stetson / Sarah Neufeld: Never Were the Way She Was". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

External links

Never Were the Way She Was at Discogs (list of releases)