''Reflections'' is the debut
extended play
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indie pop
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band
MisterWives, released
digital
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ly on January 7, 2014 via
Photo Finish Records
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.
It peaked at #84 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
All tracks except "Twisted Tongue" and "Kings and Queens" would later appear on the band's debut full-length album ''
Our Own House
''Our Own House'' is the debut studio album by American indie pop band MisterWives, released on February 24, 2015 through Photo Finish Records. As of July 2015, it has reached No. 31 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Four songs from the album, " Refle ...
''.
Two
single
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* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
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s were released from the album: "
Reflections" and "Vagabond". "Reflections" was the highest-charting single from the album, peaking at #13 on the ''
Billboard
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''
rock
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chart in 2014.
Critical reception
''Reflections'' received critical acclaim, with several people comparing the album's sound to the work of
The Lumineers
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.
Nick Nelson of ''
The Concordian'' rated it 5 out of 5 stars and proclaimed that the band had started an "
alternative
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while Timothy Monger of
AllMusic
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stated that the album was "a shimmering blend of
..upbeat pop".
Alyson Stokes of
idobi Radio rated the album 8 out of 10 stars and suggested that listeners could listen to the album's tracks without growing tired of them; as well as calling the band itself "genreless".
Track listing
Chart positions
References
External links
*
{{Misterwives
2014 debut EPs
Albums produced by Frequency (record producer)
MisterWives albums
Photo Finish Records albums