- indie rock, heartland rock
- 10 tracks
- Atlantic
A Deeper Understanding is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band The War on Drugs. It was released on August 25, 2017, through Atlantic Records. The album was mixed by engineer Shawn Everett. The album won Best Rock Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Grave, character-led, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 81/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.6/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- NME4/5 ★
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- A1Up All Night
- A2Pain
- A3Holding On
- B1Strangest Thing
- B2Knocked Down
- B3Nothing to Find
- C1Thinking of a Place
- C2In Chains
- D1Clean Living
- D2You Don’t Have to Go
About the album
- Artist
- The War on Drugs
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- August 25, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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