Exit Wounds (The Wallflowers album)

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Exit Wounds
Exit Wounds front cover art
Studio album by the Wallflowers
Released July 9, 2021 (2021-07-09)
Studio RubyRed Productions (Santa Monica, California)
Genre
Length 40:01
Label New West Records
Producer Butch Walker
the Wallflowers chronology
Glad All Over
(2012)		 Exit Wounds
(2021)
Singles from Exit Wounds (The Wallflowers album)

Exit Wounds is the seventh studio album by the Wallflowers, their first in nine years since the release of Glad All Over (2012). The album debuted No. 183 on the US Billboard 200.[1] On Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart it debuted at No. 3, making it the band’s highest-charting album yet.[2] It was released by New West Records on July 9, 2021. Singer-songwriter Shelby Lynne's backing vocals are featured on four tracks.[3] "Roots and Wings" was released as the first single on April 9, 2021.[4]

Background

Although the album was written and finished before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jakob Dylan said he said he did not want to put it out during a time of such uncertainty and suffering.[5] In speaking to Uproxx about the origins of the album he said "these songs are written before Covid, but we still had the dumpster fire of everything else that was happening before that."[6] Dylan noted that while he does not consider it to be a political album, current events in the United States certainly had an impact on his writing.[7] As he emphasized to Consequence of Sound, perseverance in spite of turbulent times is a major theme on the album. This theme is especially notable on the track "I'll Let You Down (But I Will Not Give You Up)", which uses a "wayward bus" as a metaphor for social upheaval in the United States, but features a hopeful chorus with Shelby Lynne singing harmony.

Reception

Exit Wounds received a score of 72 out of 100 from Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Mojo gave it four out of five stars and called it Dylan's "best original work by some yards." In a mostly positive review, American Songwriter wrote that "the sound is leaner, a little less rough around the edges and solidly in sync as well." Rolling Stone's review was mixed, giving the album three out of five stars, and writing that Dylan "can evoke an Americana-tinged Warren Zevon, gruff but tender, with the best songs featuring Shelby Lynne's empathetic vocals."

Musical style

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 72/100 [8]
Review scores
Source Rating
Mojo 4/5 stars[9]
Glide Magazine 3.5/5 stars[10]
American Songwriter 3.5/5 stars[11]
Uncut 3.5/5 stars[12]
Pitchfork 7/10 stars[13]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[14]
Classic Rock 3.5/5 stars[15]

Pitchfork assessed the album as a return to classic rock with no adjustments made to accommodate "contemporary fashion". The first song, "Maybe Your Heart's Not in It No More", gave an impression of "soulful Americana".[13] Classic Rock magazine agreed, calling the song roots rock. Classic Rock praised the album for its variety of song genres including the pop rock of "Roots and Wings" and the "raucous rave-up" of "Who's That Man Walkin' Round My Garden". The four songs with vocals by Shelby Lynne were described as adding a country music influence, and the album's overall genre was a combination of Americana and rock-inflected power pop.[16] PopMatters wrote that the album was not a blues album, but it carried the influence of blues throughout, in the manner of rock music by the Rolling Stones.[17] Glide magazine classified the album as "guitar-forward" "solid pop" and rock.[18]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Maybe Your Heart's Not In It No More (w Shelby Lynne)"   5:00
2. "Roots and Wings"   3:54
3. "I Hear the Ocean (When I Wanna Hear Trains)"   4:29
4. "The Dive Bar In My Heart"   3:31
5. "Darlin' Hold On (w Shelby Lynne)"   3:42
6. "Move the River (w Shelby Lynne)"   4:28
7. "I'll Let You Down (But I Will Not Give You Up) (w Shelby Lynne)"   4:04
8. "Wrong End of the Spear"   4:06
9. "Who's That Man Walking 'Round My Garden?"   2:58
10. "The Daylight Between Us"   3:44

Personnel

  • Jakob Dylan - vocals, guitar
  • Butch Walker - producer, recording engineer, guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
  • Mark Stepro - drums
  • Whynot Jansveld - bass, mastering engineer
  • Aaron Embry - keyboards
  • Val McCallum - guitar
  • Shelby Lynne - vocals (tracks 1,5,6,7)
  • Brian Griffin - drums (track 6)
  • Todd Stopera - assistant engineer
  • Chris Dugan - mix engineer
  • Artwork and design: Rob Carmichael, SEEN
  • Interior Photo: Paige Dylan

Charts

Chart performance for Exit Wounds
Chart (2021) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 90
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 29
US Billboard 200[21] 183
3
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[22] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[23] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24] 32
4


Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2021 "Roots and Wings" US Triple A Airplay [25] 6
US Rock & Alternative Airplay[26] 46

References

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  19. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  20. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – The Wallflowers – Exit Wounds". Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ "The Wallflowers – Chart history" Billboard 200 for The Wallflowers.
  22. ↑ "The Wallflowers – Chart history" Billboard Folk Albums for The Wallflowers.
  23. ↑ "The Wallflowers – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for The Wallflowers.
  24. ↑ "The Wallflowers – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for The Wallflowers.
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