Our Raw Heart | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 8, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2017–2018 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 73:16 | |||
Label | Relapse Records | |||
YOB chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Exclaim! | (8/10) [3] |
Metal Injection | (9/10) [4] |
Metal Storm | (8.0/10) [5] |
Pitchfork | (8/10) [6] |
Rolling Stone | (3.5/5) [7] |
Our Raw Heart is the eighth studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released June 8, 2018, by Relapse Records. [8]
The album was produced by Billy Barnett. [9] The album was inspired by a serious health issue suffered by singer and guitarist Mike Scheidt in early 2017, [6] and most of the music was written while he was in a hospital bed. [7] The album has been described as a cross between the band's two previous studio albums, mixing the aggression of Atma (2011) with the psychedelic experimentation of Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014). [6] AllMusic classified it as a doom metal album "possessed of hope", with elements of sludge metal, stoner metal and post-metal psychedelia. [1]
Our Raw Heart was well received by critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82 based on 10 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 83 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews. [10]
Metal Injection called the album "engaging and revealing, immediately appealing but with subtle nuances and layers that only become apparent after subsequent listens. It's a powerful and cathartic release," [4] while Rolling Stone praised the band for "subvert[ing] doom's bleak conventions, painting the genre's slowpoke churn with uplifting melodies, cosmic textures and Scheidt's existential howl like a dreampop Dio." [7] NPR Music said about the album: "the lightness is devastating." [11]
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Decibel | Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018 | 1
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Consequence of Sound | Top 25 Metal + Hard Rock Albums of 2018 | 1
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Metal Injection | Top 20 Albums of 2018 | 5
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Vulture.com | 15 Best Albums of 2018 | 12
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Ablaze" | 10:13 |
2. | "The Screen" | 9:49 |
3. | "In Reverie" | 9:43 |
4. | "Lungs Reach" | 5:39 |
5. | "Beauty in Falling Leaves" | 16:27 |
6. | "Original Face" | 7:03 |
7. | "Our Raw Heart" | 14:22 |
Total length: | 73:16 |
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Top Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard) [16] | 20 |
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard) [17] | 37 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [18] | 9 |
US Vinyl Albums ( Billboard) [19] | 3 |
Our Raw Heart | ||||
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![]() | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 8, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2017–2018 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 73:16 | |||
Label | Relapse Records | |||
YOB chronology | ||||
|
Aggregate scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Exclaim! | (8/10) [3] |
Metal Injection | (9/10) [4] |
Metal Storm | (8.0/10) [5] |
Pitchfork | (8/10) [6] |
Rolling Stone | (3.5/5) [7] |
Our Raw Heart is the eighth studio album by American doom metal band YOB. It was released June 8, 2018, by Relapse Records. [8]
The album was produced by Billy Barnett. [9] The album was inspired by a serious health issue suffered by singer and guitarist Mike Scheidt in early 2017, [6] and most of the music was written while he was in a hospital bed. [7] The album has been described as a cross between the band's two previous studio albums, mixing the aggression of Atma (2011) with the psychedelic experimentation of Clearing the Path to Ascend (2014). [6] AllMusic classified it as a doom metal album "possessed of hope", with elements of sludge metal, stoner metal and post-metal psychedelia. [1]
Our Raw Heart was well received by critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 82 based on 10 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 83 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews. [10]
Metal Injection called the album "engaging and revealing, immediately appealing but with subtle nuances and layers that only become apparent after subsequent listens. It's a powerful and cathartic release," [4] while Rolling Stone praised the band for "subvert[ing] doom's bleak conventions, painting the genre's slowpoke churn with uplifting melodies, cosmic textures and Scheidt's existential howl like a dreampop Dio." [7] NPR Music said about the album: "the lightness is devastating." [11]
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Decibel | Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018 | 1
|
|
Consequence of Sound | Top 25 Metal + Hard Rock Albums of 2018 | 1
|
|
Metal Injection | Top 20 Albums of 2018 | 5
|
|
Vulture.com | 15 Best Albums of 2018 | 12
|
No. | Title | Length |
---|---|---|
1. | "Ablaze" | 10:13 |
2. | "The Screen" | 9:49 |
3. | "In Reverie" | 9:43 |
4. | "Lungs Reach" | 5:39 |
5. | "Beauty in Falling Leaves" | 16:27 |
6. | "Original Face" | 7:03 |
7. | "Our Raw Heart" | 14:22 |
Total length: | 73:16 |
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
---|---|
US Top Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard) [16] | 20 |
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard) [17] | 37 |
US Independent Albums ( Billboard) [18] | 9 |
US Vinyl Albums ( Billboard) [19] | 3 |