Sunny Border Blue

Sunny Border Blue is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh. The album peaked at #93 on the Official UK Albums Chart.[2] It also peaked at #50 on the US's Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart[3] and, #33 on the US's Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.[4]

Sunny Border Blue
Studio album by
Kristin Hersh
ReleasedMarch 12, 2001
RecordedApril–October 2000
StudioStable Sound, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Genre
Length51:05
Label4AD
ProducerKristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh chronology
Sky Motel
(1999)		 Sunny Border Blue
(2001)		 The Grotto
(2003)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Drowned in Sound6/10[6]
Entertainment Weekly(A-) [7]
Pitchfork7.8/10 [8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes[10]

Sunny Border Blue was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 15 reviews.[5] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 79 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 7 reviews.[11]

Track listings

All tracks are written by Kristin Herse, unless noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Dirty Answer" 5:24
2."Spain" 3:54
3."37 Hours" 3:26
4."Silica" 4:23
5."William's Cut" 4:03
6."Summer Salt" 4:06
7."Trouble"Cat Stevens3:25
8."Candyland" 4:02
9."Measure" 1:09
10."White Suckers" 4:25
11."Ruby" 4:05
12."Flipside" 3:57
13."Listerine" 4:46

Charts
Chart performance for Sunny Border Blue
Chart (2001) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] 12
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 93
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[3] 50
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[4] 33

References
  1. Phares, Heather. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  4. "Kristin Hersh Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  5. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  6. Bell, Amy (March 25, 2001). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  7. Sinclair, Tom (March 17, 2020). "Entertainment Weekly Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  8. Dark, John (March 6, 2001). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  9. "Rolling Stone Review". March 5, 2001. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  10. "Tiny Mix Tapes Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  12. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 8, 2020.



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