Whiteout Conditions

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| ADM = 7.6/10{{cite web|url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/8588/The-New-Pornographers-Whiteout-Conditions.aspx|title=Whiteout Conditions by The New Pornographers reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=December 17, 2019}}

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/whiteout-conditions/the-new-pornographers|title=Reviews and Tracks for Whiteout Conditions by The New Pornographers|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=April 21, 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Deming|first=Mark|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/whiteout-conditions-mw0003025785|title=Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}

| rev2 = The A.V. Club

| rev2Score = C+{{cite magazine|last=Adams|first=Erik|date=April 7, 2017|url=http://www.avclub.com/live/new-pornographers-arca-joey-badass-and-more-weeks--253252/entry/403|title=The New Pornographers' computer blues are missing a crucial component on Whiteout Conditions|magazine=The A.V. Club|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=April 6, 2017|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/06/the-new-pornographers-whiteout-conditions-review|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions review – euphoric powerpop pile-up|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Gill|first=Andy|date=April 5, 2017|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-father-john-misty-pure-comedy-jamiroquai-automaton-imelda-may-life-love-flesh-blood-a7668561.html|title=Album reviews: Father John Misty – Pure Comedy, Jamiroquai – Automaton, Imelda May – Life Love Flesh Blood, and more|newspaper=The Independent|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}

| rev5 = Mojo

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|date=May 2017|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions|magazine=Mojo|issue=282|page=88}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6score = 7.2/10{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Stacey|date=April 8, 2017|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23070-whiteout-conditions/|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=April 9, 2017}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Segal|first=Victoria|date=June 2017|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions|magazine=Q|issue=372|page=110}}

| rev8 = Slant Magazine

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Winograd|first=Jeremy|date=April 3, 2017|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-new-pornographers-whiteout-conditions|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions|work=Slant Magazine|accessdate=April 9, 2017}}

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9Score = 8/10{{cite magazine|last=Deusner|first=Stephen|date=May 2017|title=The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions|magazine=Uncut|issue=240|page=36}}

| rev10 = Vice

| rev10Score = A{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=April 7, 2017|url=https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/the-new-pornographers-soar-and-conor-oberst-grows-up-expert-witness-with-robert-christgau|title=The New Pornographers Soar and Conor Oberst Grows Up: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau|magazine=Vice|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}

| rev1score =

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Whiteout Conditions was released by Concord Music Group on April 7, 2017, to generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 78, based on 21 reviews. Dave Simpson, a critic for The Guardian, said its "songs about depression, society and the environment sound euphoric" within the music's "exuberant pile-up of harmonies, hooks and powerpop". Andy Gill from The Independent observed "a drive and urgency about Whiteout Conditions that whisks one along regardless, their usual indie-pop mode here strengthened by layers of fast, bubbly synths and pulsing Eurocentric beats". Writing for Vice, Robert Christgau said lead vocalist and songwriter Carl Newman "generates 11 soaring new pop songs, which in some abstrusely Krautrock way are sparer than the 13 on Brill Bruisers". Erik Adams of The A.V. Club was less impressed, writing that the record featured interesting musical and emotional ideas, but lacked memorable melodies and a sense of dynamics.

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/06/13/gord-downie-tragically-hip-both-make-cut-as-polaris-prize-long-list-revealed.html "Gord Downie, Tragically Hip both make cut as Polaris Prize long list revealed"]. Toronto Star, June 13, 2017.

{{Track listing

|total_length = 41:33

|all_writing = A. C. Newman

|extra_column = Vocals

|title1 = Play Money

|extra1 = Neko Case, Newman

|length1 = 4:37

|title2 = Whiteout Conditions

|extra2 = Newman, Case

|length2 = 4:08

|title3 = High Ticket Attractions

|extra3 = Newman, Kathryn Calder

|length3 = 3:51

|title4 = This Is the World of the Theater

|extra4 = Case

|length4 = 4:27

|title5 = Darling Shade

|extra5 = Newman, Case

|length5 = 2:57

|title6 = Second Sleep

|extra6 = Newman

|length6 = 3:14

|title7 = Colosseums

|extra7 = Newman

|length7 = 3:15

|title8 = We've Been Here Before

|extra8 = Newman, Case, Calder

|length8 = 3:52

|title9 = Juke

|extra9 = Newman

|length9 = 3:29

|title10 = Clockwise

|extra10 = Newman, Case

|length10 = 3:14

|title11 = Avalanche Alley

|extra11 = Newman

|length11 = 4:11

}}

• Carl Newman – vocals, guitar
• Neko Case – vocals
• John Collins – bass
• Blaine Thurier – keyboards, synthesizer
• Todd Fancey – lead guitar
• Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, guitar
• Joe Seiders – drums, vocals

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