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Brave Faces Everyone

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Brave Faces Everyone
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)
Genre
Length40:25
LabelPure Noise
Spanish Love Songs chronology
Schmaltz
(2018)
Brave Faces Everyone
(2020)
Brave Faces, Etc.
(2022)
Singles from Brave Faces Everyone
  1. "Losers"
    Released: April 26, 2019
  2. "Kick"
    Released: January 6, 2020
  3. "Beachfront Property"
    Released: February 7, 2020

Brave Faces Everyone is the third studio album by American rock band Spanish Love Songs. It was released on February 7, 2020 under Pure Noise.[3] The album was greeted with widespread acclaim by music critics, with a weighted score of 86 on review aggregator website Metacritic.[4]

On April 15, 2022, a reimagining of Brave Faces Everyone, titled Brave Faces, Etc., was released. It featured alternate and more electronic[5] versions of the songs from Brave Faces Everyone.

Commercial performance

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The album debuted at No. 21 on Vinyl Albums chart and No. 61 on the Top Album Sales chart with 2000 copies sold.[6]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!8/10[7]
Kerrang![8]
PopMatters8/10[9]
Sputnikmusic[10]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 86, based on 5 reviews.[4]

Track listing

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Brave Faces Everyone track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Routine Pain"4:23
2."Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice)"2:59
3."Generation Loss"4:26
4."Kick"4:02
5."Beachfront Property"4:07
6."Losers"4:25
7."Optimism (As a Radical Life Choice)"4:25
8."Losers 2"4:02
9."Dolores"3:10
10."Brave Faces, Everyone"4:26
Total length:40:25

Notes

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  • "Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice)" and "Optimism (As a Radical Life Choice)" are stylized in sentence case by the band, yet on all streaming platforms, the songs are listed in title case.
  • "Beachfront Property" is sometimes stylized as "Beach Front Property."

Charts

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Chart performance for
Brave Faces Everyone
Chart Peak
position
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[11] 61

References

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  1. ^ "Brave Faces Everyone (2020)". Punknews.org. February 4, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Varvaris, Mary (August 24, 2023). "Spanish Love Songs: 'We Really Don't Want To Work With Any A**holes'". Kill Your Stereo. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Leuthauser, Adrian (January 7, 2020). "Spanish Love Songs Announce New Album". Alternative Press. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Curtiss, Ryan (April 11, 2022). "Album Review: Spanish Love Songs – Brave Faces, Etc". New Noise. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Neohof, Kate (February 20, 2020). "Spanish Love Songs Are Here to Help You Survive the 'Bleak Stuff' With New Album". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  7. ^ Feibel, Adam (February 6, 2020). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  8. ^ Pearlman, Mischa (10 February 2020). "Kerrang! Review". Kerrang!. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "Punk's Spanish Love Songs Urge 'Brave Faces Everyone'". PopMatters. February 11, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "Sputnikmusic Review". Sputnikmusic. February 6, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  11. ^ "Top Albums Sales Chart". Billboard. February 20, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.