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| Released | January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12) | |||
| Recorded | 2015–2017 | |||
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| Genre | Alternative rock[1] | |||
| Length | 59:05 | |||
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Wrong Creatures is the eighth studio album by American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The album was released through Vagrant Records on January 12, 2018.[2][3]
Four songs were released as singles in late 2017 ahead of the album's release: "Little Thing Gone Wild", "Haunt", "Question of Faith", and "King of Bones". A limited edition package with a clear vinyl edition of the album, a black BRMC-branded Hohner harmonica, and a 'Black Cassette EP' was released in late April 2018. The EP contained three new unreleased songs and an extended version of the album's opener, "DFF".
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Classic Rock | [6] |
| Drowned in Sound |   [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
| NME | [9] |
| The Observer | [10] |
| Paste | 6.4/10[11] |
| Pitchfork | 5.8/10[12] |
| PopMatters | [13] |
| Sputnikmusic | [1] |
Wrong Creatures received generally favorable reviews from music critics. On review aggregator website Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the album was assigned a score of 71/100 based on 18 reviews.[4]
Track listing and lengths confirmed by iTunes.[14]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "DFF" | 1:54 |
| 2. | "Spook" | 3:45 |
| 3. | "King of Bones" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Haunt" | 5:51 |
| 5. | "Echo" | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Ninth Configuration" | 6:53 |
| 7. | "Question of Faith" | 5:20 |
| 8. | "Calling Them All Away" | 6:46 |
| 9. | "Little Thing Gone Wild" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Circus Bazooko" | 5:42 |
| 11. | "Carried from the Start" | 4:50 |
| 12. | "All Rise" | 5:40 |
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] | 45 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] | 17 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 31 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] | 59 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] | 22 |
| New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[20] | 5 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] | 16 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] | 8 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[23] | 35 |
| USDigital Albums (Billboard)[24] | 24 |
| USIndependent Albums (Billboard)[25] | 6 |
| USTop Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[26] | 6 |
| USTop Album Sales (Billboard)[27] | 38 |
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