Big Inner

Big Inner is the debut album from the artist Matthew E. White, released on August 21, 2012, on Spacebomb Records and Hometapes in the United States and Canada and on January 21, 2013, on Domino in the rest of the world.

Big Inner
Studio album by Matthew E. White
Released	August 21, 2012
Genre	Pop/Rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock
Label	Spacebomb Records, Hometapes, Domino
Producer	Matthew E. White
Matthew E. White chronology
Big Inner (2012) Fresh Blood (2015)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.3/10[1]
Metacritic	85/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent	[5]
The Irish Times	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	9/10[12]

Big Inner debuted at No. 19 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.^[13] The album received five stars from The Guardian^[14] and was called "One of the great albums of modern Americana" by Uncut magazine.^[12] It appeared on several "best of the year" lists in 2012, including those on Consequence of Sound,^[15] Pitchfork,^[16] and Blurt Magazine, and as a result of the album, White was named the No. 1 Best New Band by Paste^[17] and 2012 Breakthrough by eMusic.^[18]

Reissue

In October 2013, Domino reissued Big Inner as a deluxe edition entitled Big Inner: Outer Face Edition with a second disc entitled Outer Face EP included with the original album.^[19]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One of These Days"	5:19
2.	"Big Love"	4:39
3.	"Will You Love Me"	3:41
4.	"Gone Away"	6:54
5.	"Steady Pace"	4:15
6.	"Hot Toddies"	5:40
7.	"Brazos"	9:53
Total length:		41:03

Outer Face EP (Big Inner Outer Face Edition Bonus Disc)

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Eyes like the rest"	4:26
9.	"Signature Move"	4:05
10.	"Human Style"	4:15
11.	"In the Valley"	6:22
12.	"Hot Hot Hot"	7:46
Total length:		26:52

Personnel

Over 30 musicians appear on the album: the Spacebomb House Band (Cameron Ralston on bass, Pinson Chanselle on drums and percussion, and Matthew E. White on guitar and vocals), a nine-piece horn section, an eight-piece string section, and a ten-piece choir.^[20]

Production

• Matthew E. White – producer, horn arrangements
• Phil Cook – choir arrangements
• Trey Pollard – string arrangements
• Lance Koehler – engineer
• Karl Blau – engineer, mixing
• Gene Paul – mastering

References

1. "Big Inner by Matthew E. White reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
2. "Reviews for Big Inner by Matthew E. White". Metacritic. Retrieved February 11, 2013.
3. Monger, James Christopher. "Big Inner – Matthew E. White". AllMusic. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
4. Petridis, Alexis (January 17, 2013). "Matthew E White: Big Inner – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
5. Richman, Simmy (January 20, 2013). "Album review: Matthew E White, Big Inner (Hometapes)". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
6. Carroll, Jim (January 11, 2013). "Matthew E. White". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
7. "Matthew E. White: Big Inner". Mojo (232): 94. March 2013.
8. Allen, Jeremy (January 24, 2013). "Matthew E White – 'Big Inner'". NME. Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
9. Hyden, Steven (August 17, 2012). "Matthew E. White: Big Inner". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
10. "Matthew E. White: Big Inner". Q (319): 106. February 2013.
11. Dolan, Jon (August 21, 2012). "Big Inner". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
12. Mulholland, Garry (January 21, 2013). "Matthew E. White – Big Inner". Uncut. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
13. "Big Inner – Matthew E. White". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
14. Empire, Kitty (20 January 2013). "Matthew E White: Big Inner – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
15. "Top 50 Albums of 2012". Consequence of Sound. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
16. "Albums of the Year: Honorable Mention". Pitchfork. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
17. Jackson, Josh (3 December 2012). "The 20 Best New Bands of 2012". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
18. Keyes, J. Edward. "2012 Breakthrough: Matthew E. White". eMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
19. "MATTHEW E. WHITE ANNOUNCES BIG INNER: OUTER FACE EDITION". Domino Record Co. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
20. Big Inner (CD booklet). Matthew E. White. Spacebomb Records. 2012.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)