Wheel (album)

This article is about the Laura Stevenson album. For other uses, see Wheels (disambiguation) and Wheel (disambiguation).

2013 studio album by Laura Stevenson

Wheel

Studio album by

Laura Stevenson

Released| April 23, 2013
Recorded| Fall 2012; Marcata Recording, New Paltz, New York
Genre| Folk
Length| 46:10
Label| Don Giovanni Records
Producer| Kevin McMahon
Laura Stevenson chronology
| Sit Resist
(2011)  | Wheel
(2013)  | Cocksure
(2015)

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Wheel is the third album by American singer-songwriter Laura Stevenson, and the first to be credited solely to her.[1] The album was released through Don Giovanni Records on April 23, 2013.

## Background

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Stevenson stated that the album's tracks were written in "various states of depression" and that she had a "tormented" time recording the album. She said, "the recording process, I really struggled with it, so I put it away. And then, everybody was like, “Oh, you’re gonna get a Pitchfork review and this is gonna be so cool.” So I was like, “Oh, okay.” Then my hopes got really high that things were going to get easier for me, like I was gonna get a little bump and that was going to be helpful. Then that didn’t happen and it was the same slog, which is fine now, in retrospect. But when it came out, I got super disappointed afterwards and then I just tucked that record away. I mean, I still played the songs, but I never really listened to it."[2]

## Track listing

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1. Renée
2. Triangle
3. Runner
4. Every Tense
5. Bells & Whistles
6. Sink, Swim
7. The Hole
8. Eleonora
9. The Move
10. Journey to the Center of the Earth
11. Telluride
12. L-Dopa
13. The Wheel

## Reception

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 81/100[3]
Review scores
Source| Rating
Pitchfork Media| 6.2/10[7]
PopMatters| 9/10[4]
Punknews.org| 4.5/5[6]
Sputnikmusic| 5/5[5]

## References

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1. ^ Gallagher, Natalie. "Laura Stevenson: I'm not writing for people with an". City Pages.
2. ^ https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/laura-stevenson/laura-stevenson-looks-back-on-10-years-of-wheel
3. ^ "Wheel by Laura Stevenson Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
4. ^ Smith, Robin (April 23, 2013). "Laura Stevenson: Wheel". PopMatters.
5. ^ Freeman, Channing (April 4, 2013). "Review: Laura Stevenson - Wheel". Sputnikmusic.
6. ^ "Laura Stevenson - Wheel". PunkNews. April 30, 2013.
7. ^ Snapes, Laura (April 29, 2013). "Laura Stevenson: Wheel Album Review". Pitchfork.

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