Capacity (album)

Capacity is the second studio album by the American band Big Thief, released through Saddle Creek Records on June 9, 2017.[1]

Capacity
Studio album by Big Thief
Released	June 9, 2017
Studio	Outlier Inn (Woodridge, New York)
Genre	Indie rock folk rock
Length	41:40
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	Andrew Sarlo
Big Thief chronology
Masterpiece (2016) Capacity (2017) U.F.O.F. (2019)
Singles from Capacity
"Mythological Beauty" Released: April 22, 2017 "Shark Smile" Released: May 8, 2017

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.0/10[2]
Metacritic	81/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The A.V. Club	B[5]
Consequence of Sound	B[6]
Exclaim!	9/10[7]
Mojo	[8]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
The Skinny	[11]
Uncut	8/10[12]
Vice	B+[13]

Capacity received critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 81, indicating "universal acclaim", based on 15 reviews.[3]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref
The Alternative	The Alternative's Top 50 Albums of 2017	10	[14]
BrooklynVegan	BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017	13	[15]
Flood Magazine	The Best Albums of 2017	1	[16]
NPR	The 50 Best Albums of 2017	3	[17]
Pitchfork	The 50 Best Albums of 2017	23	[18]
Rough Trade	Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2017	4	[19]
The Skinny	The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017	12	[20]
Spin	50 Best Albums of 2017	2	[21]
Vinyl Me, Please	The Best Albums of 2017	8	[22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Adrianne Lenker.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pretty Things"	3:05
2.	"Shark Smile"	4:00
3.	"Capacity"	3:52
4.	"Watering"	3:22
5.	"Coma"	3:40
6.	"Great White Shark"	3:23
7.	"Mythological Beauty"	5:06
8.	"Objects"	2:43
9.	"Haley"	3:33
10.	"Mary"	5:30
11.	"Black Diamonds"	3:35
Total length:		41:40

References

1. "Capacity". Saddle Creek Records. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
2. "Capacity by Big Thief reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
3. "Reviews and Tracks for Capacity by Big Thief". Metacritic. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
4. Donelson, Marcy. "Capacity – Big Thief". AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
5. Terry, Josh (June 9, 2017). "Big Thief offers its rawest, most personal record yet with Capacity". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
6. Flynn, Katherine (June 6, 2017). "Big Thief – Capacity". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
7. Lindsay, Cam (June 7, 2017). "Big Thief: Capacity". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
8. "Big Thief: Capacity". Mojo (284): 96. July 2017.
9. Moreland, Quinn (June 9, 2017). "Big Thief: Capacity". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
10. Hermes, Will (June 21, 2017). "Review: Big Thief's 'Capacity' Is a Raw Folk-Rock Gem". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
11. Ogden, Chris (June 5, 2017). "Big Thief – Capacity". The Skinny. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
12. Watts, Peter (July 4, 2017). "Big Thief – Capacity". Uncut. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
13. Christgau, Robert (November 4, 2017). "Robert Christgau on the Grown-Up Feelings of A. Savage and Big Thief". Vice. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
14. "The Alternative's Top 50 Albums of 2017 - The Alternative". The Alternative. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
15. "BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
16. "The Best Albums of 2017". FLOOD. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
17. "The 50 Best Albums Of 2017 (10-1)". NPR.org. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
18. "The 50 Best Albums of 2017 | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
19. "Capacity". Rough Trade. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
20. "The Skinny's Top 50 Albums of 2017". Retrieved December 27, 2017.
21. "50 Best Albums of 2017". Spin. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
22. "The Best Albums Of 2017". Vinyl Me Please. December 20, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.