If Children | ||||
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Studio album by Wye Oak | ||||
Released | Originally released in 2007, re-released by Merge Records on April 8, 2008 | |||
Recorded | Winter of 2006 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 41:41 | |||
Label | Merge Records | |||
Wye Oak chronology | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | (7.1/10) |
Allmusic | |
Seven Days | (favorable) |
Robert Christgau | |
American Songwriter | |
Exclaim! | (favorable) |
If Children is the debut studio album by Baltimore-based band Wye Oak. The album was originally released in 2007, but was re-released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records.
Writing for Pitchfork Media, Mike Powell gave If Children a 7.1 out of 10 rating, saying that the album "displays a band that knows how to vary a theme just enough to keep momentum."Robert Christgau gave it a 2-star honorable mention rating, which corresponds to a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy," and said of the album that it was "Poised warily between innocence and experience, d/b/a melody and chaos."