Both Ways Open Jaws

Both Ways Open Jaws is the second album by French-Finnish indie rock duo The Dø, released on 9 March 2011 in France and in late October 2011 and mid-November 2011 worldwide.

Both Ways Open Jaws
Studio album by
The Dø
Released9 March 2011 (France)
28 October 2011 (Continental Europe)
11 November 2011 (Ireland and Australia)
14 November 2011 (UK)
15 November 2011 (US)
Recorded2010
GenreIndie rock, folk rock, indie pop
Length45:34
LabelCinq7, Wagram, Naïve, Six Degrees, Cartel Music, Village Green
ProducerThe Dø
The Dø chronology
A Mouthful
(2008)		 Both Ways Open Jaws
(2011)		 Shake Shook Shaken
(2014)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Mezzic(8.5/10)[2]
One Thirty BPM(93%, Recommended)[3]
Pitchfork(7.5/10)[4]

Metacritic, a review-aggregating website, gives the album a combined rating of 75 out of 100 from 16 reviews, which is classified as a "generally favorable" reception. Only two of those were not in the "positive" range (70 or above), both judged at 40 ("mixed").[1] Mezzic gave the album 8.5 out of 10, saying "The follow-up to their debut A Mouthful has the band dive further into their freak-pop explorations, still striving to produce better music" and that "their sustainable collaboration has carried itself over to a promising sophomore album".[2] BBC Music called the album "Truly impressive".[5]

Charts
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 55
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] 34

Track listing

All songs written by Olivia Bouyssou Merilahti and Dan Levy.

  1. "Dust It Off" – 3:42
  2. "Gonna Be Sick!" – 4:09
  3. "The Wicked & the Blind" – 5:08
  4. "Too Insistent" – 3:29
  5. "Bohemian Dances" – 4:23
  6. "Smash Them All (Night Visitors)" – 5:12
  7. "Leo Leo" – 3:30
  8. "B.W.O.J" – 1:43
  9. "Slippery Slope" – 2:41
  10. "The Calendar" – 4:03
  11. "Was It a Dream?" – 3:05
  12. "Quake, Mountain, Quake" – 2:10
  13. "Moon Mermaids" – 3:02

Bonus tracks
  1. "Open C" – 1:15
  2. "No Clue" – 8:01

References
  1. "Both Ways Open Jaws - The Do". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  2. Julien, Ina. Mezzic.com review, May 2, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  3. One Thirty BPM review
  4. "The Dø - Both Ways Open Jaws". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. Roberts, Chris. "BBC - Music - Review of The Dø - Both Ways Open Jaws". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. Belgian Albums Top 100, March 12, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  7. French Albums Top 150, March 12, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  8. Swiss Albums Top 100 Archived November 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, March 27, 2011. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
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