Waiting on a Song

Waiting on a Song is the second studio album by American musician Dan Auerbach. The album was released on June 2, 2017, and is the first release from Easy Eye Sound, Auerbach's label.^[1][2]

Waiting on a Song
Studio album by Dan Auerbach
Released	June 2, 2017
Recorded	2016–2017
Studio	Easy Eye Sound Studio (Nashville)
Genre	Pop rock soul Americana
Length	32:38
Label	Easy Eye Sound
Producer	Dan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach chronology
Keep It Hid (2009) Waiting on a Song (2017)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The A.V. Club	B−[4]
Consequence of Sound	C+[5]
Exclaim!	8/10[6]
The Independent	[7]
The Observer	[8]
Pitchfork	6.7/10[9]
Paste	8.6/10[10]
PopMatters	[11]
Rolling Stone	[12]
Slant Magazine	[13]

Waiting on a Song 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 75, based on 19 reviews.^[3]

Single

The title track of the album was released as a single in the UK in June 2017^[14] with a video directed by Bryan Schlam and featuring John Prine and Pat McLaughlin in cameo roles.^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Waiting on a Song"	2:49
2.	"Malibu Man"	3:36
3.	"Livin' in Sin"	2:24
4.	"Shine on Me"	3:17
5.	"King of a One Horse Town"	3:47
6.	"Never in My Wildest Dreams"	2:56
7.	"Cherrybomb"	3:45
8.	"Stand by My Girl"	3:53
9.	"Undertow"	3:24
10.	"Show Me"	2:50

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	83
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17]	63
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18]	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19]	58
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20]	65
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[21]	43
French Albums (SNEP)[22]	185
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23]	62
Irish Albums (IRMA)[24]	51
Italian Albums (FIMI)[25]	45
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26]	27
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27]	57
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28]	22
UK Albums (OCC)[29]	49
US Billboard 200[30]	41