Album · 2011
How Do You Do
How Do You Do is an album by Mayer Hawthorne, released in 2011, with 12 tracks.
- 12
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- 40 min
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Album · 2011
How Do You Do is an album by Mayer Hawthorne, released in 2011, with 12 tracks.
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12 tracks · 40 min
How Do You Do is the second studio album by American recording artist Mayer Hawthorne, released October 5, 2011, on Universal Republic Records. The limited edition box set of the album gave Hawthorne his first Grammy Award nomination for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2014. How Do You Do received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 19 reviews. AllMusic editor David Jeffries commented that Hawthorne's songwriting ability compliments his "adherence to an aesthetic" and "love of nostalgic soul", and stated, "that the man sounds more natural and loose than on his debut might be this album's greatest asset, making the vulgar drops and other nods to the present feel less mannered than before." Barry Walters of Spin called Hawthorne a "credible crooner" and commented that "his increasingly confident cries and grooves and songwriting aplomb are undeniably pro." Colin McGuire of PopMatters dubbed it "Hawthorne's masterpiece to date" and stated, "What makes How Do You Do so much better than the singer's debut is his …
