My Old, Familiar Friend
| My Old, Familiar Friend | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 18, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Nashville, TN and London, England | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 40:25 | |||
| Label | ATO Records | |||
| Producer | Dave Sardy, Gil Norton | |||
| Brendan Benson chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Drowned in Sound | |
| The Guardian | |
| Paste Magazine | (7.4/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.0/10) |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | |
My Old, Familiar Friend is the fourth album by American musician Brendan Benson, released on August 18, 2009. The first single, "A Whole Lot Better," was released on the same day. The album debuted at No. 110 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums in the US.
My Old, Familiar Friend was recorded in 2007, in between Benson's work on Broken Boy Soldiers and Consolers of the Lonely, as a member of The Raconteurs.