Fever Breaks

Fever Breaks is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. The album was released on April 26, 2019, by Pytheas Recordings.[1][2]

Fever Breaks
Studio album by Josh Ritter
Released	April 26, 2019
Recorded	2018
Genre	Folk rock
Length	45:22
Label	Pytheas Recordings
Producer	Jason Isbell
Josh Ritter chronology
Gathering (2017) Fever Breaks (2019)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Fever Breaks received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 75, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 7 reviews.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ground Don't Want Me"	4:18
2.	"Old Black Magic"	4:46
3.	"On the Water"	3:31
4.	"I Still Love You (Now and Then)"	4:53
5.	"The Torch Committee"	5:43
6.	"Silverblade"	4:04
7.	"All Some Kind of Dream"	4:18
8.	"Losing Battles"	4:22
9.	"A New Man"	4:29
10.	"Blazing Highway Home"	4:58
Total length:		45:22

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7]	48
UK Americana Albums (OCC)[8]	8
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[9]	25
US Billboard 200[10]	89
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11]	12
US Folk Albums (Billboard)[12]	4

References

1. Brittney McKenna (2019-01-29). "Hear Josh Ritter's New Song 'Old Black Magic'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
2. "Fever Breaks by Josh Ritter on Apple Music". Music.apple.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
3. "Fever Breaks by Josh Ritter Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
4. James Christopher Monger. "Fever Breaks - Josh Ritter". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
5. Doole, Kerry (2019-04-30). "Josh Ritter Fever Breaks". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
6. Jonathan Bernstein (2019-04-26). "Review: Josh Ritter Makes Dependable Heartland Roots-Rock on 'Fever Breaks'". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
7. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
8. "Official Americana Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
9. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
10. "Josh Ritter Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
11. "Josh Ritter Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
12. "Josh Ritter Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2019.