Alopecia (album)

Alopecia is the second studio album by American band Why?. It was released by Anticon on March 11, 2008.[13]

Alopecia
Studio album by Why?
Released	March 11, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie pop
Length	44:56
Label	Anticon
Producer	Josiah Wolf Yoni Wolf
Why? chronology
Rubber Traits EP (2005) Alopecia (2008) Almost Live from Eli's Live Room (2008)
Singles from Alopecia
"The Hollows" Released: November 27, 2007[1]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Cokemachineglow	78/100[5]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[6]
The Skinny	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Spin	7/10[9]
The Stranger	[10]
Variety	favorable[11]
The Village Voice	favorable[12]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Alopecia received an average score of 76% based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[2]

Pitchfork placed "Fatalist Palmistry" at number 94 on the "100 Best Tracks of 2008" list.[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Vowels, Pt. 2"	4:04
2.	"Good Friday"	3:50
3.	"These Few Presidents"	3:04
4.	"The Hollows"	3:55
5.	"Song of the Sad Assassin"	4:13
6.	"Gnashville"	3:49
7.	"Fatalist Palmistry"	3:53
8.	"The Fall of Mr. Fifths"	3:16
9.	"Brook & Waxing"	2:35
10.	"A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under"	2:29
11.	"Twenty Eight"	0:44
12.	"Simeon's Dilemma"	3:33
13.	"By Torpedo or Crohn's"	4:04
14.	"Exegesis"	1:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Yoni Wolf – music, production, mixing, artwork
• Josiah Wolf – music, production, mixing
• Doug McDiarmid – music
• Andrew Broder – music
• Mark Erickson – music
• Doseone – additional contributions
• Jel – additional contributions
• Odd Nosdam – additional contributions
• Nedelle Torrisi – additional contributions
• Paul Flynn – additional contributions
• Liz Hodson – additional contributions
• Andrew McDiarmid – additional contributions
• Deborah Ranker – additional contributions
• Jeremy Ylvisaker – additional contributions
• Dee Kesler – additional contributions, mixing
• Tom Herbers – recording
• Eli Crews – mixing
• Mike Wells – mastering
• Sam Flax Keener – layout

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15]	28

References

1. "The Hollows". Anticon. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
2. "Alopecia by Why?". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. Brown, Marisa. "Alopecia - Why?". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert. "Why?". Christgau's Consumer Guide. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
5. McGowan, Colin (March 24, 2008). "WHY?: Alopecia". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
6. Crock, Jason (March 11, 2008). "WHY?: Alopecia". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
7. Kerr, Dave (March 6, 2008). "WHY? - Alopecia". The Skinny. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
8. McBee, Wilson (March 12, 2008). "Why?: Alopecia". Slant Magazine. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
9. Zimmerman, Shannon (April 15, 2008). "Why?, 'Alopecia' (Anticon)". Spin. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
10. Grandy, Eric (March 6, 2008). "Album Reviews". The Stranger. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
11. Lewis, David (April 4, 2008). "Review: WHY? – 'Alopecia'". Variety. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
12. Gewolb, Matt (March 11, 2008). "Why?'s Alopecia". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
13. "Alopecia". Anticon. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
14. "The 100 Best Tracks of 2008 (page 1 of 11)". Pitchfork. December 15, 2008. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
15. "Why? Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

External links

• Alopecia at Discogs (list of releases)