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Whereabouts

Whereabouts is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, released in 1999 on Interscope Records. The album was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo at the 2000 Juno Awards.

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Whereabouts
Studio album by
Ron Sexsmith
ReleasedMay 18, 1999
GenreRock
Length39:05
LabelInterscope
ProducerTchad Blake, Mitchell Froom1
Ron Sexsmith chronology
Other Songs
(1997) 		Whereabouts
(1999) 		Blue Boy
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar2
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar3
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star4
Spin8/105

Whereabouts is an album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, released in 1999 on Interscope Records.67 The album was a nominee for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo at the 2000 Juno Awards.8

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "producers Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake do a wonderfully understated job of colorizing Sexsmith’s sad-kid melodies and voice."1 The Washington Post wrote that the album "suggests the songs of a less clever Elvis Costello sung by David Byrne in his most earnest mode."9 Rolling Stone called it "twelve near-perfect songs, the whole clocking in at under forty minutes."4 Trouser Press wrote: "Carrying along such instrumental window dressing as banjo, strings, woodwinds and horns, it is overly languorous and stylistically diverse."10 The New Yorker called the songs "either low-country laments or mid-tempo lullabies—minimalist heartbreakers all."11

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ronald Eldon Sexsmith.

No.TitleLength
1."Still Time"3:15
2."Right About Now"2:48
3."Must Have Heard It Wrong"2:15
4."Riverbed"3:55
5."Feel for You"3:42
6."In a Flash"3:03
7."The Idiot Boy"2:47
8."Beautiful View"2:52
9."One Grey Morning"3:56
10."Doomed"3:25
11."Every Passing Day"2:52
12."Seem to Recall"4:15
Total length:39:05
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Tears Behind the Shades"2:38
References

References

  1. "Whereabouts". EW.com.
  2. "Whereabouts - Ron Sexsmith | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 361.
  4. "Ron Sexsmith: Whereabouts : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007.
  5. "Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. August 2, 1999 – via Google Books.
  6. Pareles, Jon (June 5, 1999). "ROCK REVIEW; Not Really a Wallflower, But Quiet and Tender (Published 1999)" – via NYTimes.com.
  7. "Ron Sexsmith | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. Best Roots & Traditional Album: Solo (1996–2002) Archived July 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Juno Awards.
  9. Jenkins, Mark (June 4, 1999). "RON SEXSMITH" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  10. "Ron Sexsmith". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  11. "Our Hit List". The New Yorker. December 27, 1999. p. 15.