Wiped Out!

Wiped Out!
Studio album by The Neighbourhood
Released October 30, 2015
Genre
Length 45:18
Label Columbia
The Neighbourhood chronology
I Love You.
(2013)I Love You.2013		 Wiped Out!
(2015)		 "The Neighbourhood"
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Singles from Wiped Out!
  1. "R.I.P. 2 My Youth"
    Released: August 20, 2015

Wiped Out! is the second studio album by American alternative band The Neighbourhood. It was released on October 30, 2015 by Columbia Records.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!7/10[4]
Billboard[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
DIY[7]
Uncut[8]
Mojo[9]

The album received generally mixed reviews. Writing for Exclaim!, Ryan B. Patrick called the record "a "see what sticks" effort; it's slick and polished, but hits varying levels of satisfaction throughout."[4]

Natasha West, from DIY, said that "Wiped Out! delivers a message of heartbreak, hope and heartfelt honesty" and "having successfully mixed pop, rock and hip-hop together, it seems like they have finally defined their sound as a band".[7] A review published by Mojo Magazine, stated, "The LA quintet still sound like 16-year-old boys... Musically, though, their slick soulful pop-R&B is far more refined". [9] For Matt Collar, from AllMusic, it "doesn't hurt that cuts like "Cry Baby," "Daddy Issues," and "Greetings from Califournia" counteract the band's somewhat downtempo vibe with catchy melodies and light, dance-oriented beats. As the black & white album cover illustration of a palm tree on a beach implies, this is surf music for street goths and beach bums with bad attitudes".[2]

Kenneth Partridge, from Billboard, wrote, "The subtler, less stylized Wiped Out! keeps the palm-trees-at-twilight feel, but the sound is more hazy R&B than rock".[5] David Turner, from Rolling Stone, thinks that "the warmth of "Sweater Weather" and the rest of the Neighbourhood's debut album is gone on Wiped Out!, replaced by a ponderous kind of cool".[6] Uncut's published review was that the album is "a stylistic and conceptual vacuum."[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."A Moment of Silence"0:30
2."Prey"4:47
3."Cry Baby"3:56
4."Wiped Out!"6:15
5."The Beach"4:17
6."Daddy Issues"4:20
7."Baby Came Home 2 / Valentines"6:35
8."Greetings from Califournia"3:50
9."Ferrari"3:03
10."Single"4:20
11."R.I.P. 2 My Youth"3:27
Total length:45:17

Chart performance

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[10] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11] 2
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 15

References

  1. ↑ "The Neighbourhood Veers From Alt-Rock to R&B With 'Wiped Out!': Album Review". Billboard.
  2. 1 2 3 Matt Collar (2015-10-30). "Wiped Out! - The Neighbourhood | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Reviews for Wiped Out! by The Neighbourhood". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  4. 1 2 Patrick, Ryan B. (October 28, 2015). "The Neighbourhood -Wiped Out!". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Kenneth Partridge. "The Neighbourhood Veers From Alt-Rock to R&B With 'Wiped Out!': Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. 1 2 Turner, David (2015-11-02). "The Neighbourhood Wiped Out! Album Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. 1 2 "The Neighbourhood - Wiped Out! | DIY". Diymag.com. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  8. 1 2 Uncut Magazine, Jan 2016, p.78
  9. 1 2 Mojo Magazine, Dec 2015, p.94
  10. ↑ "The Neighbourhood Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "The Neighbourhood Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
  12. ↑ "The Neighbourhood Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.


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