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Sunny Border Blue

Sunny Border Blue
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 2001
RecordedApril–October 2000
StudioStable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Genre
Length51:05
Label4AD
ProducerKristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh chronology
Sky Motel
(1999)
Sunny Border Blue
(2001)
The Grotto
(2003)

Sunny Border Blue is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh. The album peaked at #93 on the Official UK Albums Chart.[2] It also peaked at #50 on the US's Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart[3] and, #33 on the US's Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Drowned in Sound6/10[6]
Entertainment Weekly(A-) [7]
Pitchfork7.8/10 [8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]

Sunny Border Blue was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews.[5] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.[11]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Kristin Hersh, unless noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Dirty Answer" 5:24
2."Spain" 3:54
3."37 Hours" 3:26
4."Silica" 4:23
5."William's Cut" 4:03
6."Summer Salt" 4:06
7."Trouble"Cat Stevens3:25
8."Candyland" 4:02
9."Measure" 1:09
10."White Suckers" 4:25
11."Ruby" 4:05
12."Flipside" 3:57
13."Listerine" 4:46

Charts

Chart performance for Sunny Border Blue
Chart (2001) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 93
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[3] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] 33

References

  1. ^ a b c Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Bell, Amy (March 25, 2001). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. ^ Sinclair, Tom (March 17, 2020). "Entertainment Weekly Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. ^ Dark, John (March 6, 2001). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. ^ "Rolling Stone Review". Rolling Stone. March 5, 2001. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. ^ "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.