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<h2 id="critical-reception">Critical reception</h2> <p><i><a href="/facts/Entertainment_Weekly/BhADudJx">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> wrote that "producers Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake do a wonderfully understated job of colorizing Sexsmith’s sad-kid melodies and voice."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_Washington_Post/dRvzvqJc">The Washington Post</a></i> wrote that the album "suggests the songs of a less clever Elvis Costello sung by David Byrne in his most earnest mode."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Rolling_Stone/HhCFoJ9F">Rolling Stone</a></i> called it "twelve near-perfect songs, the whole clocking in at under forty minutes."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/Trouser_Press/4a3rlTIf">Trouser Press</a></i> wrote: "Carrying along such instrumental window dressing as banjo, strings, woodwinds and horns, it is overly languorous and stylistically diverse."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> <i><a href="/facts/The_New_Yorker/2RfeBrsR">The New Yorker</a></i> called the songs "either low-country laments or mid-tempo lullabies—minimalist heartbreakers all."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>All tracks are written by <a href="/facts/Ron_Sexsmith/A8FEdCJw">Ronald Eldon Sexsmith</a>.</p><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1.</th><td>"Still Time"</td><td>3:15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2.</th><td>"Right About Now"</td><td>2:48</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3.</th><td>"Must Have Heard It Wrong"</td><td>2:15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4.</th><td>"Riverbed"</td><td>3:55</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">5.</th><td>"Feel for You"</td><td>3:42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">6.</th><td>"In a Flash"</td><td>3:03</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">7.</th><td>"The Idiot Boy"</td><td>2:47</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">8.</th><td>"Beautiful View"</td><td>2:52</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">9.</th><td>"One Grey Morning"</td><td>3:56</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">10.</th><td>"Doomed"</td><td>3:25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">11.</th><td>"Every Passing Day"</td><td>2:52</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">12.</th><td>"Seem to Recall"</td><td>4:15</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>39:05</td></tr></tbody></table> Japanese edition bonus track<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">13.</th><td>"Tears Behind the Shades"</td><td>2:38</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Whereabouts - Ron Sexsmith | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/whereabouts-mw0000666794" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/whereabouts-mw0000666794</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 361. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Ron Sexsmith: Whereabouts : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071114110525/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/ronsexsmith/albums/album/117691/review/5942327/whereabouts" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071114110525/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/ronsexsmith/albums/album/117691/review/5942327/whereabouts</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Reviews". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. August 2, 1999 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nQRXCTo-FtUC&pg=PA158" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=nQRXCTo-FtUC&pg=PA158</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Pareles, Jon (June 5, 1999). "ROCK REVIEW; Not Really a Wallflower, But Quiet and Tender (Published 1999)" – via NYTimes.com. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/05/arts/rock-review-not-really-a-wallflower-but-quiet-and-tender.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/05/arts/rock-review-not-really-a-wallflower-but-quiet-and-tender.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Ron Sexsmith | Biography & History". AllMusic. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ron-sexsmith-mn0000290816/biography" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ron-sexsmith-mn0000290816/biography</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Best Roots & Traditional Album: Solo (1996–2002). Juno Awards. <a href="http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=197&category_ids=153&from_year=&to_year=&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=197&category_ids=153&from_year=&to_year=&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Whereabouts". EW.com. <a href="https://ew.com/article/1999/05/24/whereabouts/" target="_blank">https://ew.com/article/1999/05/24/whereabouts/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Jenkins, Mark (June 4, 1999). "RON SEXSMITH" – via www.washingtonpost.com. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/06/04/ron-sexsmith-whereabouts-interscope/be334369-a507-48d8-a1fa-edf9211638c7/" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/06/04/ron-sexsmith-whereabouts-interscope/be334369-a507-48d8-a1fa-edf9211638c7/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Ron Sexsmith: Whereabouts : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". November 14, 2007. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071114110525/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/ronsexsmith/albums/album/117691/review/5942327/whereabouts" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071114110525/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/ronsexsmith/albums/album/117691/review/5942327/whereabouts</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Ron Sexsmith". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 2, 2021. <a href="https://trouserpress.com/reviews/ron-sexsmith/" target="_blank">https://trouserpress.com/reviews/ron-sexsmith/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Our Hit List". The New Yorker. December 27, 1999. p. 15. <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>