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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The San Francisco-based garage revivalist returns with a new record, the first on Drag City's label.

Top Track

You Make The Sun Fry
Ever since a modern man Made himself an iron hand I was trapped inside again Trying to get out Oh won't you take me to the hill? Put me in your... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Jun 29, 2011
    88
    Segall spent six months writing and recording Goodbye - his longest investment in a record yet. The time spent soaking in the classics has paid off.
  2. Jun 21, 2011
    81
    Goodbye Bread is filled with such rich, breathtaking moments, and Segall, who plays every instrument here, sounds as though he's savoring every part of process.
  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    Jun 20, 2011
    80
    Goodbye Bread is a fitting development on an impeccable path. The depth accomplished through five albums is obviously grand and it's definitely as if Segall is purely improving with every passing year.
  4. Under The Radar
    Aug 5, 2011
    80
    With Goodbye Bread, he ushers himself to the fore of the pack of current garage-psych revivalists. [Jul 2011, p.87]
  5. Jun 30, 2011
    75
    While Reatard had his antecedents, he swung his music violently into alien terrain; Goodbye Bread is an entertaining trad-rock record made by a talented tunesmith who'd rather make love than war.
  6. Jul 12, 2011
    70
    Ty Segall culls some some of his scene's most appealing aspects and affixes them to unusually-written, melodically appealing songs; in essence, he's an ideal ambassador for his Bay Area milieu.
  7. Jun 20, 2011
    60
    Despite the flaws, you can't deny that Segall's got real talent, which would be wasted if he just stuck to the psych/garage throwback formula.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jun 21, 2011
    9
    Like the Black Lips, Ty Segall cleaned up his act (just a little) for his latest album, and he ended up with the best album of his career thusLike the Black Lips, Ty Segall cleaned up his act (just a little) for his latest album, and he ended up with the best album of his career thus far. At the very least, make sure you add "Goodbye Bread" and "You Make The Sun Fry" to your iTunes library. You can pick up the latter song for free on Pitchfork. Expand