Go Fly a Kite
{{Infobox album
| name = Go Fly a Kite
| type = studio
| artist = Ben Kweller
| cover = goflyakite.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2012|2|7}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Power pop, alt-country, folk rock
| length =
| label = Noise Co.
| producer =
| prev_title = Changing Horses
| prev_year = 2009
| next_title = Circuit Boredom
| next_year = 2021
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/go-fly-a-kite/ben-kweller|title=Go Fly a Kite by Ben Kweller|website=Metacritic |publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0002278751}}
| rev2 = Blurt
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/ben-kweller-go-fly-a-kite.html|accessdate=April 20, 2017|title=Ben Kweller: Go Fly a Kite|date=2 February 2012}}
| rev3 = Paste
| rev3Score = 8.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/ben-kweller-go-fly-a-kite.html|accessdate=April 20, 2017|title=Ben Kweller: Go Fly a Kite|date=2 February 2012}}
}}
Go Fly a Kite is the fifth studio album by Ben Kweller, which was released on February 7, 2012. This is his first album since splitting with former label ATO Records.
Reception
In a review for VZ Magazine, Nicholas Moffitt said, "Fans of Kweller and Power Pop will like Go Fly A Kite" but later added, "I just wish Kweller were more daring."{{cite web|url=http://vzmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=415:ben-kweller-go-fly-a-kite&Itemid=137|title=不要な機械は買取サービスで手放そう│得々セールス買取術|publisher=|accessdate=3 October 2016}} The AllMusic review called it "a refreshing album on a number of levels" because of Kweller's inclusion of "the detailed notes on how to play each song along with the lyrics...keeping nothing, not even the chord progressions, secret."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Mean to Me
| writer1 =
| length1 = 3:20
| title2 = Out the Door
| writer2 =
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Jealous Girl
| writer3 =
| length3 = 3:56
| title4 = Gossip
| writer4 =
| length4 = 3:48
| title5 = Free
| note5 = made free on the iTunes Store for the week of February 12, 2012
| writer5 =
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = Full Circle
| writer6 =
| length6 = 3:09
| title7 = Justify Me
| writer7 =
| length7 = 2:19
| title8 = The Rainbow
| writer8 =
| length8 = 3:57
| title9 = Time Will Save the Day
| writer9 =
| length9 = 3:47
| title10 = I Miss You
| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:58
| title11 = You Can Count On Me
| writer11 =
| length11 = 3:22
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for Go Fly a Kite !Chart (2012) !Peak |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|124|artist=Ben Kweller|rowheader=true|access-date=August 18, 2022}} |