If Children
# If Children

If Children is the debut studio album by Baltimore-based band Wye Oak. The album was originally released in 2007, but was re-released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records.

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| American Songwriter | |
| Exclaim! | (favorable) |
| Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
| Prefix | 7/10 |
| Robert Christgau | |
| Seven Days | (favorable) |

Writing for Pitchfork, Mike Powell gave If Children a 7.1 out of 10 rating, saying that the album "displays a band that knows how to vary a theme just enough to keep momentum." Robert Christgau gave it a 2-star honorable mention rating, which corresponds to a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy," and said of the album that it was "Poised warily between innocence and experience, d/b/a melody and chaos."

## Personnel

* John Golden- Mastering
* Eric Morrison- Mixing
* Andy Stack- Audio Engineer, Group Member
* Jenn Wasner- Composer, Group Member, Instrumentation, Vocals, Voices
* Wye Oak - Primary Artist
