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Let Go
Studio album by Nada Surf
Released	September 17, 2002 (Europe) February 4, 2003 (U.S.)
Recorded	2001–2002 at Standard Electrical Recorders
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	52:23
Label	Barsuk Records
Producer	Nada Surf, Chris Fudurich, Louie Lino
Nada Surf chronology
North 6th Street (1999) Let Go (2002) The Weight Is a Gift (2005)

Let Go is the third album by alternative rock band, Nada Surf. It was released on Barsuk in 2002.

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Alternative Press	4/5
Blender
Drowned in Sound	8/10
Entertainment Weekly	A−
No Ripcord	7/10
Pitchfork	3.8/10
Q
Rolling Stone
Stylus Magazine	3.5/10

Let Go was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 11 reviews. Entertainment Weekly raved, "A dozen near-perfect pop songs, each one teeming with joyful desperation". Let Go reached #31 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart, and the single for "Inside of Love" reached #73 in the United Kingdom.

Details

The album was released with at least two different track lineups, not to mention at least one variation that included bonus tracks. Aside from the track ordering, only one track differs between the two track listings given below. The track “Blonde on Blonde” was featured in the opening credits to the 2004 coming-of-age film Summer Storm (Sommersturm), and other songs from Let Go are occasionally heard in TV commercials and on more obscure radio stations. A brief snippet of "Neither Heaven Nor Space" can be heard in the opening few minutes of the 2006 documentary, The Bridge. "Inside of Love" was used in an episode of Wonderfalls, but it went unaired. The song was later used in an episode of How I Met Your Mother, One Tree Hill (Season 1, Episode "Hanging by a Moment") and Hawaii Five-0 and from there gained a larger following.

Track listing (U.S. version)

All songs written by Matthew Caws, Ira Elliot and Daniel Lorca.

1. "Blizzard of '77"
2. "Happy Kid"
3. "Inside of Love"
4. "Fruit Fly"
5. "Blonde on Blonde"
6. "Hi-Speed Soul"
7. "Killian's Red"
8. "The Way You Wear Your Head"
9. "Neither Heaven nor Space" ++
10. "Là Pour Ça"
11. "Treading Water"
12. "Paper Boats"

++ Only included on American release.

Track listing (European version)

1. "Blizzard of '77"
2. "The Way You Wear Your Head"
3. "Fruit Fly"
4. "Blonde on Blonde"
5. "Inside of Love"
6. "Hi-Speed Soul"
7. "No Quick Fix" ++
8. "Killian's Red"
9. "Là Pour Ça"
10. "Happy Kid"
11. "Treading Water"
12. "Paper Boats"
13. "Run" (limited edition bonus track)
14. "Neither Heaven Nor Space" (limited edition bonus track)
15. "End Credits" (limited edition bonus track)

++ Only available on the European release.

References

1. ^ "Critic Reviews for Let Go". Metacritic. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Let Go – Nada Surf". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
3. "Nada Surf: Let Go". Alternative Press (175): 70. February 2003.
4. Sinagra, Laura (March 2003). "Nada Surf: Let Go". Blender (14): 141. Archived from the original on February 20, 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
5. Price, Dale (September 24, 2002). "Album Review: Nada Surf - Let Go / Releases". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
6. Raftery, Brian M. (February 7, 2003). "Let Go". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 28, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
7. Mason, Mark (October 31, 2002). "Album Review - Nada Surf - "Let Go"". No Ripcord. Archived from the original on February 21, 2005. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
8. Mitchum, Rob (January 23, 2003). "Nada Surf: Let Go". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
9. O'Gorman, Martin (October 2002). "Nada Surf: Let Go". Q (195): 113. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
10. Sheffield, Rob (February 20, 2003). "Nada Surf: Let Go". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
11. Bloch, Sam. "Nada Surf Let Go". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on May 1, 2003. Retrieved March 4, 2023.

• Nada Surf albums
• 2002 albums
• Barsuk Records albums