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Recorded
  
Winter of 2006

If Children (2008)
  
The Knot (2009)

Release date
  
2007

Genre
  
Indie rock

Length
  
41:41

Artist
  
Wye Oak

Label
  
Merge Records

Released
  
Originally released in 2007, re-released by Merge Records on April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)

Similar
  
Shriek, Civilian, Adult Swim Singles Program, Dualist, Happy People

Wye oak if children were wishes


If Children is the debut studio album by Baltimore-based band Wye Oak. The album was originally released in 2007, but was re-released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Writing for Pitchfork Media, Mike Powell gave If Children a 7.1 out of 10 rating, saying that the album "displays a band that knows how to vary a theme just enough to keep momentum." Robert Christgau gave it a 2-star honorable mention rating, which corresponds to a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy," and said of the album that it was "Poised warily between innocence and experience, d/b/a melody and chaos."

Track listing

  1. Please Concrete 3:12
  2. Warning 3:49
  3. Regret 2:25
  4. Archaic Smile 5:05
  5. Family Glue 4:15
  6. Orchard Fair 3:46
  7. I Don't Feel Young 3:01
  8. Keeping Company 3:52
  9. A Lawn to Mow 3:11
  10. If Children Were Wishes 5:27
  11. Obituary 3:54

Personnel

  • John Golden- Mastering
  • Eric Morrison- Mixing
  • Andy Stack- Audio Engineer, Group Member
  • Jenn Wasner- Composer, Group Member, Instrumentation, Vocals, Voices
  • Wye Oak - Primary Artist
  • References

    If Children Wikipedia