Means to Me
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{{Infobox album
| name = Means to Me
| type = studio
| artist = Long Beard
| cover = Album Cover - Means To Me.jpg
| released = {{Start date|2019|09|13}}
| genre = * Rock
| length = {{duration|m=36|s=43}}
| label = Double Double Whammy
| producer = * Leslie Bear
- Craig Hendrix
| prev_title = Sleepwalker
| prev_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Means to Me
| type = studio
| single1 = Sweetheart
| single1date = July 1, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/01/long-beard-sweetheart-premiere-means-to-me|title=Long Beard retraces her steps on her new single "Sweetheart"|last=Maicki|first=Salvatore|date=July 1, 2019|website=The Fader|access-date=April 26, 2024}}
| single2 = Means To Me
| single2date = July 30, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2052923/long-beard-means-to-me/premiere/|title=Long Beard – "Means To Me"|last=Rettig|website=Stereogum|date=July 30, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2024}}
| single3 = Getting By
| single3date = August 20, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/21-new-songs-out-today-12/|title=21 New Songs Out Today|website=BrooklynVegan|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=April 26, 2024|language=en}}
}}
}}
Means to Me is the second studio album by American dream pop artist Long Beard, released on September 13, 2019, through Double Double Whammy.
Release and promotion
= Singles =
The album's first single "Sweetheart" was released alongside the announcement of the album on July 1, 2019, it marked her first release since her 2015 album Sleepwalker.{{Cite web |title=Long Beard retraces her steps on her new single "Sweetheart" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/01/long-beard-sweetheart-premiere-means-to-me |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=The FADER |language=en}} On July 30, 2019, the album's title track was released as the second single{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=Long Beard - "Means To Me" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2052923/long-beard-means-to-me/premiere/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} and, on August 20, 2019, the track "Getting By" was released as the album's third and final single.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-20 |title=Long Beard - "Getting By" Video |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2055392/long-beard-getting-by-video/music/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Paste
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 7.0/10{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Abby |title=Long Beard: Means to Me |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/long-beard-means-to-me/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}
| rev3 = Under the Radar
| rev3score = {{Rating|6.5|10}}{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Mark |title=Means to Me |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/means_to_me |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=www.undertheradarmag.com |language=en}}
}}
Means to Me received good reviews from music critics. Critics applauded Leslie Bear's vocal delivery and vivid imagery, but found that the later half of the album was too indiscernible.{{Cite web |last=Freedman |first=Max |date=September 11, 2019 |title=On Means to Me, Long Beard Sounds Newly Pristine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/long-beard/long-beard-means-to-me-review |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=Paste}}
Track listing
All songs written by Leslie Bear and produced by Leslie Bear & Craig Hendrix. Credits adapted from Bandcamp.{{Cite web |title=Means To Me, by Long Beard |url=https://long-beard.bandcamp.com/album/means-to-me |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Long Beard |language=en}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Countless
| length1 = 1:33
| title2 = Getting By
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Snow Globe
| length3 = 5:23
| title4 = Sweetheart
| length4 = 5:34
| title5 = Empty Bottle
| length5 = 1:47
| title6 = In The Morning
| length6 = 2:51
| title7 = Forever
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Means To Me
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = Monarch
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = The Last
| length10 = 4:00
| total_length = 36:43
}}
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Bandcamp.
Musicians
- Leslie Bear – vocals, production, guitar, synth/keys
- Craig Hendrix – production, bass, percussion, engineering, mixing
- Heba Kadry – mastering
Artwork
- Adan Carlo – photography
- Jaime Knoth – layout, design