We're All Gonna Die (Dawes album)

We're All Gonna Die is the fifth studio album by American folk rock band Dawes. It was announced on August 17, 2016, with the release of the lead single, "When the Tequila Runs Out". The album was released on September 16, 2016.[1] It was produced by former bandmate (when they performed as Simon Dawes) Blake Mills.[2]

We're All Gonna Die
Studio album by Dawes
Released	September 16, 2016
Genre	Folk rock, pop rock
Length	46:29
Label	HUB
Producer	Blake Mills
Dawes chronology
All Your Favorite Bands (2015) We're All Gonna Die (2016) Passwords (2018)
Singles from We're All Gonna Die
"When the Tequila Runs Out" Released: August 17, 2016 "We're All Gonna Die" Released: September 7, 2016

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
American Songwriter	[5]
Paste Magazine	7.0/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

We're All Gonna Die received moderate praise upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 77, indicating "generally favorable" reviews, based on 6 critics.

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
American Songwriter	Top 50 Albums of 2016	2016	27[9]

Track listing

1. "One of Us" (Taylor Goldsmith, Blake Mills) – 4:54
2. "We're All Gonna Die" (Goldsmith) – 5:06
3. "Roll with the Punches" (Goldsmith, Mills) – 4:25
4. "Picture of a Man" (Goldsmith, Jason Boesel) – 4:21
5. "Less than Five Miles Away" (Goldsmith, Mills) – 4:58
6. "Roll Tide" (Boesel, Mills) – 5:30
7. "When the Tequila Runs Out" (Goldsmith, Boesel, Mills) – 4:46
8. "For No Good Reason" (Goldsmith, Mills) – 4:22
9. "Quitter" (Goldsmith, Mills) – 3:51
10. "As If By Design" (Goldsmith) – 4:16

Personnel

Dawes

• Taylor Goldsmith – vocals, guitars, pianet (2), slide guitar (7)
• Griffin Goldsmith – drums, vocals, percussion (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9), lead vocals (6)
• Wylie Gelber – bass, Kee bass (8)
• Lee Pardini – piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 10), Ace Tone (2, 5, 7, 8), pianet (3, 5, 7), Juno (4, 8), clavinet (1, 9), organ (4), vocals

Additional Musicians

• Blake Mills – guitars (1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), vocals (2, 6, 7, 8, 9), drum programming (4), bass (5), glockenspiel (7), slide guitar (8), Korg MS-20 (9)
• Rob Moose – strings (2, 6, 10)
• Jim James – vocals (2, 7)
• Mandy Moore – vocals (4)
• Lucius (Jess Wolf & Holly Laessig) – vocals (4)
• Jim Keltner – MPC (7)
• Brittany Howard – vocals (7)
• Will Oldham – vocals (7)
• Nate Walcott – trumpet (10)

(*Jim James appears courtesy of Capitol Music Group) (*Brittany Howard appears courtesy of ATO Records)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	42

Airplay

Song	Chart	Position
"When The Tequila Runs Out"	Billboard Adult Alternative Songs[11]	5
"Roll With The Punches"	Billboard Adult Alternative Songs	23

References

1. Ben Kaye. "Dawes announce new LP, We're All Gonna Die, share lead single "When the Tequila Runs Out" — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
2. Allison Stewart. "Dawes making it the old-fashioned way – watch". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
3. "We're All Gonna Die Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
4. Collar, Matt. "AllMusic Review by Matt Collar". AllMusic. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
5. Beviglia, Jim. "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die". American Songwriter. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
6. Saunders, Hilary (September 20, 2016). "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
7. Bruce, Jasper. "Dawes: We're All Gonna Die". PopMatters. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
8. Bernstein, Jonathan (September 14, 2016). "Review: Dawes Slicks Up on 'We're All Gonna Die'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
9. "American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2016". American Songwriter. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
10. "Dawes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
11. "Dawes - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-03-22.