{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Watch Me Fall | type = studio | artist = Jay Reatard | cover = Jay Reatard Watch Me Fall.jpg | alt = | released = August 4, 2009<ref name="allmusic" /> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Garage rock, indie rock, power pop, punk rock | length = 32:17 | language = English | label = Matador Records | producer = | prev_title = Blood Visions | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''Watch Me Fall''''' is the second and final solo studio album by Jay Reatard. It was released on August 4, 2009 by Matador Records.<ref name="allmusic" />
==Reception== {{Music ratings | ADM = 7.0/10<ref name="adm">{{Cite web |title=''Watch Me Fall'' by Jay Reatard reviews |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/1111/Jay-Reatard-Watch-Me-Fall.aspx |access-date=2026-03-16 |website= |publisher=AnyDecentMusic?}}</ref> | MC = 76/100<ref name="metacritic"/> |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1612338|pure_url=yes}}|title=Watch me Fall > Overview|work=Allmusic|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Drowned in Sound'' |rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14591/reviews/4137633|title=Review : Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall : Release : Releases: Drowned in Sound|work=Drowned in Sound|author=Lukowski, Andrzej|date=August 19, 2009|accessdate=August 24, 2009|archive-date=August 23, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823023757/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14591/reviews/4137633|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev3score = A−<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20297444,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816001559/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20297444,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 16, 2009|title=Watch Me Fall - Music Review - Entertainment Weekly|work=Entertainment Weekly|author=Vozick-Levinson, Simon|accessdate=August 24, 2009|date=August 12, 2009}}</ref> |rev4 = ''MusicOMH'' |rev4score= {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="musicomh">{{Cite web |last=Cragg |first=Micheal |title=Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall |url=https://www.musicomh.com/albums/jay-reatard-2_0709.htm |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=MusicOMH|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707234052/https://www.musicomh.com/albums/jay-reatard-2_0709.htm |archivedate=7 July 2009|language=en-GB}}</ref> |rev5 = ''NME'' |rev5score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/10756|title=Jay Reatard - Album review: Jay Reatard - 'Watch Me Fall' - Album Reviews - NME.com|date=August 11, 2009|work=NME|author=Haynes, Gavin|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> |rev6 = ''Pitchfork'' |rev6score = 7.9/10<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13371-watch-me-fall/ Review] at Pitchfork Media</ref> |rev7 = ''PopMatters'' |rev7score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/109288-jay-reatard-watch-me-fall/|title=Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall < Reviews:PopMatters|date=August 13, 2009|accessdate=August 24, 2009|work=PopMatters|author=Tartanella, Emily}}</ref> |rev8 = ''Slant Magazine'' |rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1817|title=Jay Reatard:Watch Me Fall: Music Review: Slant Magazine|work=Slant Magazine|author=Cataldo, Jesse|date=August 12, 2009|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> |rev9 = ''Spin'' |rev9score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/jay-reatard-watch-me-fall-matador|work=Spin|title=Jay Reatard, 'Watch Me Fall' (Matador): Spin Magazine Online|author=Gross, Joe|date=August 8, 2009|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> |rev10 = ''The Toronto Star'' |rev10score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/682307|newspaper=Toronto Star|title=Watch Me Fall: Jay Reatard: CD Review: Pop|author-link=Ben Rayner|last=Rayner|first=Ben|date=August 18, 2009|accessdate=August 24, 2009}}</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot--> Initial critical response to ''Watch Me Fall'' was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76 based on 23 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/watch-me-fall/jay-reatard | title=Watch Me Fall reviews at Metacritic.com | work=Metacritic | publisher=CNET Networks, Inc | accessdate=September 23, 2009}}</ref>
The album briefly entered the U.S. Billboard 200, peaking at 182.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jay-reatard/|title=Jay Reatard|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | total_length = 32:17 | title1 = It Ain't Gonna Save Me | length1 = 2:22 | title2 = Before I Was Caught | length2 = 2:07 | title3 = Man of Steel | length3 = 2:31 | title4 = Can't Do It Anymore | length4 = 1:45 | title5 = Faking It | length5 = 1:56 | title6 = I'm Watching You | length6 = 3:46 | title7 = Wounded | length7 = 2:36 | title8 = Rotten Mind | length8 = 2:19 | title9 = Nothing Now | length9 = 2:43 | title10 = My Reality | length10 = 2:43 | title11 = Hang Them All | length11 = 3:40 | title12 = There Is No Sun | length12 = 3:49 }}
{{Track listing | headline = iTunes bonus track | total_length = 34:01 | title13 = Tiny Little Home | length13 = 1:44 }}
== Musicians ==
* Jay Reatard – vocals and all instruments, except: * Billy Hayes – drums on tracks 6, 7, 8, 11 * Jonathan Kirkscey – cello on tracks 11, 12
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