{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Paper Wheels | type = studio | artist = Trey Anastasio | cover = Trey Anastasio Paper Wheels.jpg | alt = | released = October 30, 2015 | recorded = 2014 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 59:03 | label = Rubber Jungle Records | producer = | prev_title = Traveler | prev_year = 2012 | next_title = Ghosts of the Forest | next_year = 2019 }}
'''''Paper Wheels''''' is the eleventh studio album by American musician Trey Anastasio. The album was released on October 30, 2015, by Rubber Jungle Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/paper-wheels/id1034037212 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126211344/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/paper-wheels/id1034037212 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 26, 2015 |title=Paper Wheels by Trey Anastasio on iTunes |publisher=iTunes |date=2015-10-30 |access-date=2015-11-21}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/paper-wheels-mw0002880499 |title=Paper Wheels - Trey Anastasio | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=2015-10-30 |accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hermes |first=Will |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/trey-anastasio-paper-wheels-20151029 |title=Trey Anastasio's New Album: Paper Wheels |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2015-10-29 |accessdate=2015-11-21}}</ref> }} ''Paper Wheels'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote, "What Anastasio achieves with ''Paper Wheels'' is tricky -- he's made a jam band record with defined hooks and songs that neither dilutes his identity or compromises it -- but he makes it seem easy."<ref name="allmusic1"/> Reviewing the album for NPR, critic Tom Moon highlighted its warm, live-in-the-studio feel and cohesive band performances, noting that ''Paper Wheels'' draws heavily on early-1970s pop and rock without straight imitation. While he acknowledged occasional lyrical drift and contrived transitions, Moon concluded that the album reflects Anastasio’s growing emphasis on melody and feel over technical display.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/10/21/449172747/first-listen-trey-anastasio-paper-wheels |title=Review: Trey Anastasio, ''Paper Wheels'' |work=NPR |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=January 18, 2026 |author=Moon, Tom}}</ref> The album was nominated for a Grammy in 2017 for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.<ref>{{Citation |title=Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package |date=2025-12-24 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grammy_Award_for_Best_Boxed_or_Special_Limited_Edition_Package&oldid=1329245691 |access-date=2026-01-25 |language=en}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length =
| title1 = Sometime After Sunset | note1 = | length1 = 5:41
| title2 = The Song | note2 = | length2 = 3:25
| title3 = Never | note3 = | length3 = 6:00
| title4 = In Rounds | note4 = | length4 = 5:46
| title5 = Flying Machines | note5 = | length5 = 4:06
| title6 = Invisible Knife | note6 = | length6 = 4:38
| title7 = Lever Boy | note7 = | length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Bounce | note8 = | length8 = 5:51
| title9 = Liquid Time | note9 = | length9 = 6:17
| title10 = Paper Wheels | note10 = | length10 = 4:46
| title11 = Speak To Me | note11 = | length11 = 4:32
| title12 = Cartwheels | note12 = | length12 = 4:01 }}
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