title: If Children
text: # If Children
  
  If Children is the debut studio album by Baltimore-based band Wye Oak. The album was originally released in 2007, but was re-released on April 8, 2008 by Merge Records.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | American Songwriter | |
  | Exclaim! | (favorable) |
  | Pitchfork | 7.1/10 |
  | Prefix | 7/10 |
  | Robert Christgau | |
  | Seven Days | (favorable) |
  
  Writing for Pitchfork, Mike Powell gave If Children a 7.1 out of 10 rating, saying that the album "displays a band that knows how to vary a theme just enough to keep momentum." Robert Christgau gave it a 2-star honorable mention rating, which corresponds to a "likable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well enjoy," and said of the album that it was "Poised warily between innocence and experience, d/b/a melody and chaos."
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * John Golden- Mastering
  * Eric Morrison- Mixing
  * Andy Stack- Audio Engineer, Group Member
  * Jenn Wasner- Composer, Group Member, Instrumentation, Vocals, Voices
  * Wye Oak - Primary Artist
  