We're All Gonna Die (Dawes album)

We're All Gonna Die
Studio album by Dawes
Released September 16, 2016
Genre Folk rock, pop rock
Length 46:29
Label HUB
Producer Blake Mills
Dawes chronology
All Your Favorite Bands
(2015)
We're All Gonna Die
(2016)
Singles from We're All Gonna Die
  1. "When the Tequila Runs Out"
    Released: August 17, 2016
  2. "We're All Gonna Die"
    Released: September 7, 2016

We're All Gonna Die is the fifth studio album by American folk rock band Dawes. It was announced on August 17, 2016, with the release of the lead single, "When the Tequila Runs Out". The album was released on September 16, 2016.[1] It was produced by former bandmate (when they performed as Simon Dawes), Blake Mills.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
AllMusic[6]
PopMatters[7]
Paste Magazine7.0/10[8]

We're All Gonna Die received moderate praise upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 77, indicating "generally favorable" reviews, based on 6 critics.

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
American Songwriter Top 50 Albums of 2016 2016
27[9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Dawes. 

No. Title Length
1. "One of Us"   4:54
2. "We're All Gonna Die"   5:05
3. "Roll with the Punches"   4:25
4. "Picture of a Man"   4:20
5. "Less than Five Miles Away"   4:56
6. "Roll Tide"   5:28
7. "When the Tequila Runs Out"   4:44
8. "For No Good Reason"   4:20
9. "Quitter"   3:51
10. "As If By Design"   4:16

Personnel

Dawes

Additional Musicians

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 42

References

  1. Ben Kaye. "Dawes announce new LP, We're All Gonna Die, share lead single "When the Tequila Runs Out" — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  2. Allison Stewart. "Dawes making it the old-fashioned way - watch". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  3. "We're All Gonna Die Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  4. Beviglia, Jim. "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die". American Songwriter. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  5. Bernstein, Jonathan (September 14, 2016). "Review: Dawes Slicks Up on 'We're All Gonna Die'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  6. Collar, Matt. "AllMusic Review by Matt Collar". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  7. Bruce, Jasper. "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die". PopMatters. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  8. Saunders, Hilary (September 20, 2016). "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  9. "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2016". American Songwriter. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  10. "Dawes – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Dawes. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
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