Going, Going, Gone (album)
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| Released | September 17, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop[1] | |||
| Length | 29:38 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Stones Throw | |||
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Going, Going Gone is the fourth studio album by American psychedelic pop band Mild High Club. The album has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
[edit]Editors at AnyDecentMusic? scored this album a 6.9 out of 10, aggregating five reviews.[2] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Going, Going, Gone received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 from four critic scores.[3]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Fred Thomas writing this album is "fun, mischievous, and wildly enjoyable" and "reaches new levels of clarity and composition for Mild High Club without losing any of the damaged magic that made earlier albums such interesting puzzles".[4] Writing for Clash Music, Joe Rivers rated this work an 8 out of 10, praising the production: "it’s a tricky balance though – a strict producer may have made 'Going Going Gone' a more streamlined affair but would also likely have smoothed away the idiosyncratic edges that make Mild High Club so compelling".[1] Ross Horton of The Line of Best Fit called this release "both fresh and rewarding" and "a varied, but still stylistically consistent and wonderfully accessible album"; he scored it an 8 out of 10.[5] Piers Martin of Uncut rated Going, Going, Gone a 5 out of 10, stating that it "still possesses a certain screwball charm... but too often sounds like smug pastiche".[6]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Alexander Brettin and Vicky Nguyen, except where noted
- "Kluges I" – 1:48
- "Dionysian State" (Brettin) – 3:04
- "Trash Heap" – 1:16
- "Taste Tomorrow" – 2:21
- "A New High" (Ary Barroso, Brettin, Nguyen, and Samira Winter) – 2:47
- "It’s Over Again" – 2:07
- "Kluges II" – 2:50
- "I Don’t Mind the Wait" (Brettin) – 3:02
- "Dawn Patrol" (Brettin, Nguyen, and Matthew Roberts) – 1:34
- "Waving" (Brettin) – 4:20
- "Me Myself and Dollar Hell" (Brettin) – 3:00
- "Holding On to Me" (Brettin) – 1:29
Personnel
[edit]Mild High Club
- Alexander Brettin – performance, arrangement, engineering, production, design, logo, artwork
Additional personnel
- Glen Boothe – drums
- Matt Colton – mastering
- Mac DeMarco – vocal engineering
- Nelson Devereaux – tenor saxophone
- Pam Fleming – trumpet
- Eric Lau – mixing, special effects
- Vicky "Farewell" Nguyen – bass guitar, CS-80, electro-acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, electric piano, grand piano, synthesizer, Wurlitzer, vocals, production
- Matthew Roberts – drums, vocals
- Cocoa Sarai – vocals
- Keifer Shackleford – Wurlitzer
- Wavy i.d. – artwork, design
- Robert "Hot Rob" Williams – engineering
- Samira Winter – vocals, drum engineering
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Rivers, Joe (September 16, 2021). "Mild High Club – Going, Going, Gone". Reviews. Clash Music. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Going, Going Gone by Mild High Club reviews | AnyDecentMusic". AnyDecentMusic?. n.d. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Going, Going, Gone by Mild High Club Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Fred (n.d.). "Mild High Club – Going, Going, Gone". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ Horton, Ross (September 17, 2021). "It's been a five year wait but Mild High Club's Going Going Gone is both fresh and rewarding". Albums. The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ Martin, Piers (November 2021). "New Albums". Uncut. p. 30. ISSN 1368-0722.
External links
[edit]- Going, Going, Gone at Discogs (list of releases)
- Going, Going, Gone at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
