Editing More Adventurous

{{Infobox album
| name       = More Adventurous
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Rilo Kiley]]
| cover      = Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 17, 2004
| recorded   = Late 2003
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Indie rock]]<ref name="EW"/><ref name= "RS Staff 2025">{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far|magazine= [[Rolling Stone]]|date= January 10, 2025|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-21st-century-1235177256/|accessdate= January 12, 2025|quote=[''More Adventurous'' is] an indie-rock master class of setting complex themes to accessible melodies.}}</ref>|[[alternative pop]]<ref name="NPRMusic"/>|[[emo]]<ref name="NPRMusic"/>}}
| length     = 44:06
| label      = [[Warner Records|Brute/Beaute]]
| producer   = [[Mike Mogis]], [[Mark Trombino]], [[Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello]]
| prev_title = [[The Execution of All Things]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[Under the Blacklight]]
| next_year  = 2007
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        =
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = It's a Hit
 | single1date = July 20, 2004
 | single2     = Portions for Foxes
 | single2date = 2005
 | single3     = I Never
 | single3date = 2005
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
| MC = 75/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/more-adventurous/rilo-kiley |title=Reviews for ''More Adventurous'' by Rilo Kiley |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/more-adventurous-mw0000148811 |title=''More Adventurous'' – Rilo Kiley |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 21, 2015 |last=Loftus |first=Johnny}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2549 |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=28 |date=August 2004 |access-date=November 26, 2015 |last=Eells |first=Josh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050118093541/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2549 |archive-date=January 18, 2005 |page=133}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=August 20, 2004 |last=Dombal |first=Ryan |page=124}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jan/28/popandrock.shopping4 |title=Rilo Kiley, ''More Adventurous'' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 28, 2005 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |last=Clarke |first=Betty}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' (WEA / Brute/Beaute) |work=[[The Independent]] |date=January 28, 2005 |last=Gill |first=Andy}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |journal=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=136 |date=March 2005 |page=104}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 6.7/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6789-more-adventurous/ |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=August 15, 2004 |access-date=June 3, 2008 |last=Dahlen |first=Chris}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=223 |date=February 2005 |page=102}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=RS2004>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rilokiley/albums/album/6375373/review/6486761/more_adventurous |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=959 |date=October 14, 2004 |access-date=August 27, 2007 |page=94 |last=Hoard |first=Christian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224210257/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rilokiley/albums/album/6375373/review/6486761/more_adventurous |archive-date=December 24, 2007}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rilo Kiley: ''More Adventurous'' |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=93 |date=February 2005 |page=80}}</ref>
}}

'''''More Adventurous''''' is the third studio album by American [[indie rock]] band [[Rilo Kiley]]. Released on August 17, 2004 by Brute/Beaute Records, a self-made imprint distributed by [[Warner Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/rilo-kileys-lewis-finishes-solo-debut-61393/|title=Rilo Kiley's Lewis Finishes Solo Debut|website=Billboard.com|date=20 September 2005|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> it was the band's [[major label]] debut.

As of June 2007, sales of the album in the United States had exceeded 173,000 copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1051743/rilo-kiley-sets-date-for-fourth-album|publisher=Billboard|title=Rilo Kiley Sets Date For Fourth Album|first= Katie|last=Hasty|date= 4 June 2007|access-date=13 August 2018}}</ref>

==Song information==
"Portions for Foxes" references the bible verse {{Bibleverse|Psalms|63:10|KJV}}.

To achieve the vulnerable effect for which the song was intended, Lewis recorded her vocal for "I Never" naked in the studio.<ref>https://www.stereogum.com/1271012/the-10-best-rilo-kiley-songs-2/photo/</ref>

"Ripchord" and "It Just Is" were written in response to the death of [[Elliott Smith]].

"Accidntel Deth" was produced by [[Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello]], who is known for his work in [[The Postal Service]] and as [[Dntel]] (which explains the unusual spelling of the song's title).

"More Adventurous" alludes to a line from [[Frank O'Hara]]'s "[[Meditations in an Emergency (book)|Meditations in an Emergency]]": "Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous (and how the same names keep recurring on that interminable list!), but one of these days there’ll be nothing left with which to venture forth."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/26538/meditations-in-an-emergency|title=Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Haran|date=28 December 2021|website=Poetryfoundation.org|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

==Release==
Two versions of the album were released: a version in a [[jewel case]], which was sold in stores, and a limited edition (1,000 copies) [[digipak]] version sold at the release party and concert for the album.

"I Never" and "Ripchord" were included in several feature films, including ''[[Must Love Dogs]]'', ''[[Conversations with Other Women]]'', and ''[[John Tucker Must Die]]''. "Portions for Foxes" is included as part of the ''[[Rock Band 3]]'' soundtrack and was also featured in the first episode of the first season of the medical drama [[Grey's Anatomy]]. "More Adventurous" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2005 film ''[[Wedding Crashers]]''.

==Reception==
The album received critical praise. Noted rock critic [[Robert Christgau]] named it the fifth best release of 2004 and later included it in his list of the greatest albums of the 2000-2009 decade, placing it in the twenty-fourth spot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/deans04.php|title=Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop 2004: Dean's List|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/rs00.php |title=Robert Christgau: Rolling Stone Ballot: The 00's Best Songs & Albums |access-date=2012-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102174101/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/list/rs00.php |archive-date=2010-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Christgau also declared "It's a Hit" song of the year for 2004 and subsequently listed it as the eighth best song of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/kiley2-04.php|title=Robert Christgau: Hitting Back: Rilo Kiley|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> The album placed fourteenth on the [[Pazz & Jop]] poll for 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres04.php|title=Robert Christgau: Pazz & Jop 2004: Critics Poll|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, [[NPR Music]]'s Ilana Kaplan dubbed the album "a masterpiece in songwriting vulnerability." Kaplan dubbed Jenny Lewis "an [[emo]] pioneer", citing her "bold confrontation of anger and her ability to mourn in such a raw way" as reasons. She also noted that Lewis' handling of topics like marriage, divorce, and more "set apart her perspective in the midst of male voices" prominent within the genre.<ref name="NPRMusic">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/10/04/554737784/shocking-omissions-rilo-kiley-and-the-alt-pop-force-of-more-adventurous|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=October 4, 2017|title=Shocking Omissions: Rilo Kiley And The Alt-Pop Force Of 'More Adventurous'|work=[[NPR Music]]|access-date=February 18, 2023}}</ref>

In 2023, alternative music website ''Melophobe'' ranked the album as the 28th best indie rock album of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time |url=https://www.melophobemusic.com/post/top-100-greatest-indie-rock-albums-of-all-time |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.melophobemusic.com}}</ref> ''Melophobe'' subsequently ranked "It's a Hit" and "Portions For Foxes" as the 15th and 51st greatest indie rock songs since 2000 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Greatest Indie Rock Songs Post 2000 |url=https://www.melophobemusic.com/post/top-100-greatest-indie-rock-songs-post-2000 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=www.melophobemusic.com}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 44:06
| title1 = It's a Hit
| writer1 = [[Jenny Lewis]]
| extra1 = Mike Mogis
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = Does He Love You?
| writer2 = Lewis, [[Blake Sennett]]
| extra2 = Mike Mogis
| length2 = 5:14
| title3 = Portions for Foxes
| writer3 = Lewis, Sennett
| extra3 = Mark Trombino
| length3 = 4:45
| title4 = Ripchord
| writer4 = Sennett
| extra4 = Mike Mogis
| length4 = 2:09
| title5 = I Never
| writer5 = Lewis
| extra5 = Mike Mogis
| length5 = 4:33
| title6 = The Absence of God
| writer6 = Lewis, Sennett
| extra6 = Mike Mogis, Mark Trombino
| length6 = 3:55
| title7 = Accidntel Deth
| writer7 = Lewis
| extra7 = Jimmy Tamborello
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = More Adventurous
| writer8 = Lewis, Sennett
| extra8 = Mike Mogis
| length8 = 3:27
| title9 = Love and War (11/11/46)
| writer9 = Lewis
| extra9 = Mike Mogis
| length9 = 3:36
| title10 = A Man/Me/Then Jim
| writer10 = Lewis, Sennett
| extra10 = Mike Mogis
| length10 = 5:24
| title11 = It Just Is
| writer11 = Lewis
| extra11 = Mike Mogis, Mark Trombino
| length11 = 2:26
}}

==Personnel==
Sourced from [[AllMusic]]<ref name = AllMusic /> and liner notes.

'''Rilo Kiley'''
*[[Jenny Lewis]] – [[Singing|lead and backing vocals]], [[electric guitar]], [[electronic keyboard|keyboards]], [[piano]], [[Wurlitzer electronic piano|Wurlitzer electric piano]], [[organ (music)|organ]], [[Mellotron]], [[harmonica]]
*[[Blake Sennett]] – [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]], lead vocals on "Ripchord", electric and [[acoustic guitar|acoustic guitars]], [[twelve-string guitar|12-string acoustic guitar]], [[Optigan]], [[ARP Instruments|JX-3P Arp]], [[Moog synthesizer|Moog]], [[clapping|handclaps]] 
*[[Pierre de Reeder]] – [[bass guitar]] 
*[[Jason Boesel]] – [[drum kit|drums]], [[tambourine]], metal pipe, [[timpani]], [[conga]], [[handbell]], [[shaker (musical instrument)|shaker]], [[glockenspiel]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]], backing vocals on "It's a Hit", handclaps

;Additional Personnel
*[[Mike Mogis]] – [[pedal steel guitar]], [[vibraphone]], glockenspiel, [[Electro-Harmonix|"Memory Man" echo pedal]], [[banjo]], [[Music sequencer|sequencing]], Wurlitzer electric piano, electric and acoustic guitars, [[synthesizer]], [[mandolin]]
*[[Nate Walcott]] – [[trumpet]], [[flugelhorn]], [[tubular bells|orchestra bells]], [[arrangement|string and horn arrangements]]
*No Better Cause (Nate Kellison, Luke Kellison, Justin Runge, Adam McCarville, Zakk Wooten) - backing vocals on "It's a Hit" and "I Never"
*Jon Hischke - [[baritone saxophone]] on "It's a Hit" 
*Amy Huffman - [[violin]] on "It's a Hit" 
*Summit Strings - strings on "Does He Love You?", "I Never", and "It Just Is"
**Kim Salistean - violin
**Donna Carnes - violin
**Clark Potter - [[viola]]
**Tracy Sands - [[cello]]
*[[Mike Bloom (musician)|Mike Bloom]] - acoustic guitar on "The Absence of God"
*[[Kianna Alarid]] - backing vocals on "The Absence of God"
*[[Neely Jenkins]] - backing vocals on "The Absence of God"
*[[Nick White (musician)|Nick White]] - "support" on "The Absence of God"
*Clint Wheeler - handclaps on "Love and War (11/11/46)"
*Nate Lefeber - [[trombone]] on "A Man/Me/Then Jim"
*Rick Ricker - [[French horn]] on "A Man/Me/Then Jim"
*[[Jamie Pressnall|Jamie Williams]] - spoken word on "A Man/Me/Then Jim"

;Production
*Mike Mogis - [[Record producer|producer]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
*[[Mark Trombino]] - producer on "Portions for Foxes", "The Absence of God" and "It Just Is"
*[[Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello]] - producer on "Accidntel Deth"
*[[Beachwood Sparks|"Farmer" Dave Scher]] - additional production assistance on "Accidntel Deth"
*[[A.J. Mogis]] - mixing on "Love and War (11/11/46)"
*[[Stephen Marcussen]] - [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] 
*Nami Ito - cover art
*Yoshi - layout
*[[RJ Shaughnessy]] - photography
*DCM - management

== Chart performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Chart (2004)
! Peak<br />Position
|-
| U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| align="center"| 161
|-
| U.S. [[Top Heatseekers|Top Heatseekers Albums]]
| align="center"| 7
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.rilokiley.com Official Rilo Kiley website]

{{Rilo Kiley}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Mark Trombino]]
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