The Way Out (The Books album)

The Way Out
Studio album by
the Books
ReleasedJuly 20, 2010 (2010-07-20)
Genre
Length50:12
LabelTemporary Residence
Producer
  • The Books
  • Drew Brown
The Books chronology
Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by the Books
(2006) 		The Way Out
(2010) 		A Dot in Time
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[1]
Metacritic81/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubA[8]
Consequence[9]
The Independent[10]
Los Angeles Times[11]
Mojo[12]
Pitchfork7.7/10[13]
Spin7/10[14]
Urb[15]
XLR8R9/10[16]

The Way Out is the fourth and final studio album by American musical duo the Books. It was released on July 20, 2010 by Temporary Residence Limited, and was the duo's first album to be issued by the label.[17]

The Way Out received mostly positive reviews from critics.[6] The album's cover is a take on that of early 1970s editions of The Way, an illustrated version of The Living Bible.[18]

  1. ^ a b "The Way Out by The Books reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Linnemann, Matthijs (July 15, 2010). "Books, The – The Way Out". OOR (in Dutch). Retrieved February 3, 2021.
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  6. ^ a b "The Way Out by The Books Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "The Way Out – The Books". AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Gordon, Scott (July 20, 2010). "The Books: The Way Out". The A.V. Club. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Cosores, Philip (July 22, 2010). "Album Review: The Books – The Way Out". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  10. ^ Gill, Andy (July 16, 2010). "Album: The Books, The Way Out (Temporary Residence)". The Independent. Archived from the original on July 19, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Wappler, Margaret (July 19, 2010). "Album review: The Books' 'The Way Out'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  12. ^ Sheppard, David (September 2010). "The Books: The Way Out". Mojo. No. 202. p. 97.
  13. ^ Dahlen, Chris (July 20, 2010). "The Books: The Way Out". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
  14. ^ Powell, Mike (July 12, 2010). "The Books, 'The Way Out' (Temporary Residence)". Spin. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  15. ^ Levine, Noah (July 22, 2010). "The Books – The Way Out". Urb. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  16. ^ Fallon, Patric (August 10, 2010). "The Books: The Way Out". XLR8R. Archived from the original on August 14, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  17. ^ Hughes, Josiah (May 3, 2010). "The Books Take The Way Out with New Album". Exclaim!. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  18. ^ Youth for Christ International (1973). The Way: The Living Bible Illustrated. Tyndale House Publishers. ISBN 0-8423-2220-5.