Stories Don't End

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Stories Don't End
Studio album by
Dawes
ReleasedApril 9, 2013
GenreFolk rock
Length51:10
LabelHUB
ProducerJacquire King
Dawes chronology
Nothing Is Wrong
(2011) 		Stories Don't End
(2013) 		All Your Favorite Bands
(2015)

Stories Don't End is the third studio album by American folk-rock band Dawes, released on April 9, 2013.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Daily News
[4]
Paste7.2/10[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Uncut8/10[8]

Stories Don't End has received generally positive reception from most music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a weighted average score out of 100 to ratings and reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a Metascore of 76, based on 12 reviews.[9]

James Christopher Monger of

Daily News declared that "there's a sure sense of composition that both recalls a classic era and speaks to any."[4]

At Paste, Ryan Reed portrayed the album as "crisper and more overdubbed, sprawling a tad where the first two albums flowed seamlessly", but did note that this is "their most intricate music to date, full of colorful detours and surprising instrumental flavors".[5] PopMatters' John Bergstrom portends that the release "probably will do nothing to diminish the band's appeal among the faithful", at the same instance, this "may be time to put a few bumps in the road."[6] At Rolling Stone, David Fricke proclaimed this release to be a "quietly gripping, deceptively gleaming record."[7] Bud Scoppa of Uncut evoked that "the sound is glossier, beefier, less wistful" on the release because the change in producers.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Taylor Goldsmith, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Beneath the Surface" 4:09
2."From a Window Seat" (additional percussion by Orpheo McCord, additional arranging by Blake Mills) 4:28
3."Just My Luck" 4:06
4."Someone Will" 3:33
5."Most People" 4:31
6."Something in Common" (additional arranging by Mills) 5:12
7."Hey Lover"Blake Mills2:47
8."Bear Witness" 4:18
9."Stories Don't End" 5:00
10."From the Right Angle" (additional arranging by Mills) 4:11
11."Side Effects"Goldsmith, Mills5:42
12."Just Beneath the Surface (Reprise)" 3:16

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 9 on the Top Rock Albums chart and No. 3 on the Folk Albums chart, selling 13,000 copies in the US in its first week.[10]

Chart (2013) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[11] 36
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[12] 3
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13] 5
US
Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[14]
 9
US
Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[15]
 2
Airplay
Song Chart Position
"From A Window Seat" Billboard
Adult Alternative Songs[16]
 10
"Most People" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs[17] 16

Personnel

Dawes
  • Taylor Goldsmith - lead vocals, guitars
  • Griffin Goldsmith - drums, background vocals, percussion
  • Wylie Gelber - bass guitar
  • Tay Strathairn - keyboards, background vocals

References

  1. ^ a b Monger, James Christopher (April 9, 2013). "Stories Don't End - Dawes : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Beviglia, Jim (April 3, 2013). "Dawes: Stories Don't End". American Songwriter. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Hauser, Henry (April 11, 2013). "Album Review: Dawes – Stories Don't End". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Farber, Jim (April 2, 2013). "CD review: Dawes - 'Stories Don't End'". Daily News. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Reed, Ryan (April 9, 2013). "Dawes: Stories Don't End". Paste. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Bergstrom, John (April 11, 2013). "Artist: Album Name". PopMatters. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  7. ^ a b Fricke, David (April 15, 2013). "Dawes: Stories Don't End (HUB)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Scoppa, Bud (2013). "Dawes: Stories Don't End". Uncut (May 2013): 69. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  9. CBS Interactive
    . Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  10. ^ Emily White (June 11, 2015). "Dawes & Indigo Girls Debut on Rock, Folk Albums Charts". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Dawes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Dawes Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Dawes Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Dawes Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Dawes Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Alternative Music: Top Alternative Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  17. ^ "Dawes - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.

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