The Way Out is the fourth studio album

Studio album

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 by American music duo The Books

The Books

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. It is the first album The Books have released in five years, and their first album with Temporary Residence Limited

Temporary Residence Limited

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The album received mostly favourable reviews by critics, currently holding a rating of 81% on Metacritic

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The album cover is a take on that of early 1970s editions of The Way, an illustrated

Illustration

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 version of The Living Bible

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Track listing

1. "Group Autogenics I" - 3:44
2. "IDKT" - 1:42
3. "I Didn't Know That" - 3:38
4. "A Cold Freezin' Night" - 3:22
5. "Beautiful People" - 2:53
6. "I Am Who I Am" - 3:02
7. "Chain of Missing Links" - 4:31
8. "All You Need is a Wall" - 3:45
9. "Thirty Incoming" - 4:57
10. "A Wonderful Phrase by Gandhi" - 0:22
11. "We Bought the Flood" - 5:04
12. "The Story of Hip Hop" - 4:30
13. "Free Translator" - 3:50
14. "Group Autogenics II" - 4:52