Heavy Light (U.S. Girls album)
2020 studio album by U.S. Girls
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Heavy Light is the seventh studio album by Toronto-based musician and producer Meghan Remy, under her solo project U.S. Girls. It was released March 6, 2020 under 4AD.[3][4]
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| Released | March 6, 2020 | |||
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| Length | 37:29 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
| Producer | Meghan Remy | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10[5] |
| Metacritic | 82/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Crack Magazine | 8/10[8] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[9] |
| God Is in the TV | 8/10[10] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 9/10[2] |
| NME | [11] |
| Paste | 8.3/10[12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10[1] |
| Spectrum Culture | 4.25/5[13] |
| Under the Radar | 8.5/10[14] |
Heavy Light 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 82, based on 16 reviews.[6]
The album received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[15]
Accolades
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "4 American Dollars" |
| 5:42 |
| 2. | "Overtime" |
| 2:54 |
| 3. | "IOU" |
| 4:42 |
| 4. | "Advice to Teenage Self" | 0:50 | |
| 5. | "State House (It's a Man's World)" |
| 1:43 |
| 6. | "Born to Lose" |
| 3:07 |
| 7. | "And Yet It Moves/Y Se Mueve" |
| 3:36 |
| 8. | "The Most Hurtful Thing" | 1:04 | |
| 9. | "Denise, Don't Wait" |
| 4:20 |
| 10. | "Woodstock '99" |
| 2:36 |
| 11. | "The Color of Your Childhood Bedroom" | 0:27 | |
| 12. | "The Quiver to the Bomb" |
| 4:23 |
| 13. | "Red Ford Radio" |
| 2:05 |
| Total length: | 37:29 | ||