Both Ways Open Jaws | ||||
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Studio album by The Dø | ||||
Released | 9 March 2011 (France) 28 October 2011 (Xontinental Europe) 11 November 2011 (Ireland and Australia) 14 November 2011 (UK) 15 November 2011 (US) |
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Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, folk rock, indie pop | |||
Length | 45:34 | |||
Label | Cinq7, Wagram, Naïve, Six Degrees, Cartel Music, Village Green | |||
Producer | The Dø | |||
The Dø chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Mezzic | (8.5/10) |
One Thirty BPM | (93%, Recommended) |
Both Ways Open Jaws is the second album by French/Finnish indie rock duo The Dø, released on 9 March 2011 in France and in late October 2011 and mid-November 2011 worldwide.
All songs written by Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti and Dan Levy.
Metacritic, a review-aggregating website, gives the album a combined rating of 75 out of 100 from 16 reviews, which is classified as a "generally favorable" reception. Interestingly, only two of those were not in the "positive" range (70 or above), both judged at 40 ("mixed").Mezzic gave the album 8.5 out of 10, saying "The follow-up to their debut A Mouthful has the band dive further into their freak-pop explorations, still striving to produce better music" and that "their sustainable collaboration has carried itself over to a promising sophomore album".