Wildlife

Wildlife
Studio album by La Dispute
Publication (s)	October 2011
Label (s)	No Sleep Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Post-hardcore
Title (number)	14th
running time	57:41
occupation	Jordan Dreyer Chad Sterenburg Adam Vass Kevin Whittemore Brad Vander Lugt
chronology Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair (2008) Wildlife Rooms of the House (2014)
Single releases Harder Harmonies The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Wildlife   US 161 10/22/2011 (1 week)

Wildlife is the second studio album by US post-hardcore band La Dispute .

publication

The album was released in October 2011 on the No Sleep Records label in the USA. Since the album has not yet been published in other countries, it was published by the German music magazine Visions in issue 224 (November 2011) as an insert.

reception

From Visions album as album of the month of November was also elected in 2011 and later the album of 2011. The album was voted No. 2 in the Album of the Year category by readers of the magazine; the song King Park was also named Song of the Year.

Other media also tend to rate the album positively, for example sputnikmusic.com with four and Allmusic with three and a half out of five possible points. Anthony Fantano gave the album a "strong 8".

The album reached number 161 in the Billboard 200 charts and number 25 in the “Top Modern Rock / Alternative” album charts.

Track list

1. a Departure - 3:32
2. Harder Harmonies - 3:35
3. St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Blues - 3:46
4. Edit Your Hometown - 2:55
5. a Letter - 3:49
6. Safer in the Forest / Love Song for Poor Michigan - 4:36
7. The Most Beautiful Bitter Fruit - 3:55
8. a Poem - 2:59
9. King Park - 6:54
10. Edward Benz, 27 Times - 5:45
11. I See Everything - 3:37
12. a Broken Jar - 2:19
13. all our bruised bodies and the whole heart shrinks - 5:04
14. You and I in Unison - 4:56

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts US
2. ↑ Discogs.com - "Wildlife"
3. ↑ Visions Issue 224 - p. 76
4. ↑ Visions Issue 226 - p. 65
5. ↑ Visions issue 227 - p. 62 ff.
6. ↑ sputnikmusic.com Review
7. ^ Allmusic Review
8. ↑ Anthona Fantano: La Dispute- Wildlife ALBUM REVIEW. In: YouTube. theneedledrop, October 11, 2011, accessed on August 17, 2020 .