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Nursing Home is the second album by indie rock band Let's Wrestle. It was released on May 16, 2011 on Full Time Hobby, and the following day on Merge Records. It was produced by Steve Albini.[1]

Nursing Home
Studio album by Let's Wrestle
Released	May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
Recorded	Chicago
Genre	Indie rock
Length	30:40
Label	Merge Records, Full Time Hobby
Producer	Steve Albini
Let's Wrestle chronology
In the Court of the Wrestling Let's (2009) Nursing Home (2011) Let's Wrestle (2014)

Lyrics

The album's lyrics contain humor and wit, focusing on topics such as playing computer games and hanging out with friends.[2] The lyrics are also more self-deprecating and apathetic than those of Let's Wrestle's previous songs.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	74/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	B–[6]
Boston Phoenix	[2]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[3]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)	A–[7]
MusicOMH	[8]
NME	7/10[1]
Pitchfork	6.7/10[9]
PopMatters	6/10[10]

The album received generally favorable reviews from critics.[4] In a mixed review, Daniel Tebo wrote, "There’s still a lot of fun to be had at this Nursing Home but it’s pretty clear that the party is winding down."[10] In a more positive review, Robert Christgau wrote that in addition to maturing, the members of Let's Wrestle "do what all maturing s.-p.o.w.t.a. [slacker-punks or whatever they are] wish they could do--write better songs."[7] Drowned in Sound's Michael Wheeler awarded the album a score of 8/10 and wrote that the song "For My Mother" was "probably the best and further proof of Let’s Wrestle’s idiot-savant genius."[3]

Many reviewers perceived Nursing Home as reflecting a more mature band than did the band's debut, In the Court of the Wrestling Let's. According to Daniel Tebo, Nursing Home is "a few shades darker than expected."[10] David Sheppard also praised Nursing Home as an improvement over their debut, writing that Nursing Home was "understandably crunchier than its predecessor," and that "this time the melodies are more consistently nagging and Gonzalez’s lyrics broader in scope."[11] Michael Wheeler wrote that Nursing Home was "if not exactly refined, than certainly a little tighter and more focused in its abandon" than In the Court of the Wrestling Let's, and also described it as more coherent and unified.[3]

Track listing

1. In Dreams (Part 2)
2. If I Keep on Loving You
3. In the Suburbs
4. Bad Mamories
5. Dear John
6. For My Mother
7. I'm So Lazy
8. There's a Rockstar in My Room
9. I Forgot
10. I Am Useful
11. I Will Not Give In
12. Getting Rest

Personnel

• Steve Albini—Engineer
• Darkus Bishop—Drums, Group Member
• Wesley Patrick Gonzalez—Artwork, Composer, Group Member, Guitar, Vocals
• Adam Kerle—Mastering
• Mike Lightning—Bass, Group Member, Keyboards, Vocals
• Merida Richards—Art Supervisor

References

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