One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden
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| One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden | ||||
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| Released | September 24, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 40:11 | |||
| Label | Saddle Creek | |||
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One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden is the second full-length studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ada Lea. It was released on September 24, 2021, through Saddle Creek Records. Production was handled by Lea together with Marshall Vore. The album debuted at number 23 on the Official Record Store Chart and number 19 on the Official Independent Album Breakers Chart in the UK, and was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.2/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 75/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Beats Per Minute | 73/100%[4] |
| Distorted Sound | 7/10[5] |
| Exclaim! | 8/10[6] |
| Flood | 8/10[7] |
| Mojo | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10[9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
| Uncut | 7/10[11] |
| Under the Radar |  [12] |
One Hand on the Steering Wheel the Other Sewing a Garden was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75 based on eight reviews.[2] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.2 out of 10, based on nine reviews.[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Alexandra Levy.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Damn" | 4:21 |
| 2. | "Can't Stop Me From Dying" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Oranges" | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Partner" | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Saltspring" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "And My Newness Spoke to Your Newness and It Was a Thing of Endless" | 0:56 |
| 7. | "My Love 4 U Is Real" | 4:31 |
| 8. | "Backyard" | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Writer in NY" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Violence" | 4:26 |
| 11. | "Hurt" | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 40:11 | |