{{Infobox album | name = So Wound | type = Studio | artist = Jale | cover =So Wound.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 4 July 1996 | recorded = November 1995 | venue = | studio = Idful, Chicago, Illinois<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mail-archive.com/sloannet@sloanmusic.com/msg02342.html | title=Re: Jale, tour?? New Release?? | access-date=2022-02-28 | archive-date=2022-02-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228042015/https://www.mail-archive.com/sloannet@sloanmusic.com/msg02342.html | url-status=live }}</ref> | genre = Alternative rock | length = | label = Sub Pop<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/jale/so_wound|title=So Wound|first=Sub Pop|last=Records|website=Sub Pop Records|access-date=2020-07-14|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714202622/https://www.subpop.com/releases/jale/so_wound|url-status=live}}</ref> | producer = Brad Wood | prev_title = Dreamcake | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |title=Review: ''So Wound'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r238524 |publisher= |website=Allmusic |accessdate=3 August 2011 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818013708/https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-wound-mw0000187843 |url-status=live }}</ref> |rev2 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev2score = 7.3/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/j/jale/so-wound.shtml|title=Jale: So Wound: Pitchfork Review|date=August 16, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816175210/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/j/jale/so-wound.shtml|archive-date=2000-08-16}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''So Wound''''' is the second (and last) album by the Halifax (Nova Scotia) rock band Jale, released in 1996 on Sub Pop Records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-07-12/532293/|title=Jale|website=www.austinchronicle.com|access-date=2020-07-14|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714195212/https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1996-07-12/532293/|url-status=live}}</ref> A consciously more power-pop album than its predecessor, ''Dreamcake'', ''So Wound'' received critical praise but failed to make significant radio impact.
Shortly after the release of ''So Wound'', the band split up.
==Critical reception== Ira Robbins, in ''Trouser Press'', wrote: "Appreciably elevating the band’s skill and confidence levels from indie pop cuteness to real contention (while upholding the lyrical fortitude), the album is a taut, purposeful marvel of great pop songs in a number of cohesively connected modes."<ref>{{cite web |title=Jale |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/jale/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=14 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716193849/https://trouserpress.com/reviews/jale/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Ali" # "Hey Hey" # "Sign of Life" # "All Ready" # "Tumble" # "Blue" # "Mosquito" # "Storm" # "Drag" # "Back on Track" # "Over You" # "Despite" # "Superstar"
==Hidden track== Approximately fifteen seconds after the end of "Superstar" there is an unlisted track, informally known as "Sentimental."
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Category:Sub Pop albums Category:1996 albums Category:Jale albums Category:albums produced by Brad Wood