The Weight's on the Wheels

The Weight's on the Wheels
Studio album by The Russian Futurists
Released November 16, 2010
Genre Indie pop
Length 37:28
Label Upper Class Recordings
Producer Matthew Adam Hart
The Russian Futurists chronology
Our Thickness
(2005)		 The Weight's on the Wheels
(2010)

The Weight's on the Wheels is a 2010 album by Canadian indie pop band The Russian Futurists.

Reception

According to Metacritic, the album has a score of 63 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1] One of the most positive reviews came from Robert Christgau, who gave the album an A- grade.[2] In contrast, Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine awarded the album a mere half-star out of five, calling it "a candygram from the heart of a giddy, geeky romantic who has somehow had his rose-tinted frames surgically grafted to his face."[3]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(63/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Pitchfork Media[5]
Robert Christgau(A-)[2]
The A.V. Club(C)[6]
PopMatters[7]
Spin[8]
Slant Magazine[3]
No Ripcord[9]

Track listing

All songs composed by Matthew Adam Hart.

  1. Hoeing Weeds Sowing Seeds
  2. Golden Years
  3. One Night, One Kiss
  4. Register My Firearms? No Way!
  5. 100 Shopping Days Till Christmas
  6. To Be Honest
  7. Plates
  8. Tripping Horses
  9. Walk With a Crutch
  10. Horseshoe Future

References

  1. 1 2 "The Weight's on the Wheels". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Russian Futurists". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 Cole, Matthew (14 November 2010). "The Weight's on the Wheels". Slant. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross (16 November 2010). "The Weight's on the Wheels". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  5. ↑ Love, Joshua (19 November 2010). "The Weight's on the Wheels". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Hawthorne, Marc (30 November 2010). "The Weight's On the Wheels". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. ↑ Houle, Zachary (6 January 2011). "The Weight's on the Wheels". PopMatters. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Martins, Chris (16 November 2010). "The Weight's on the Wheels". Spin. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  9. ↑ Iliff, Joe (9 November 2010). "The Weight's on the Wheels". No Ripcord. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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