Big Inner

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.3/10[1]
Metacritic	85/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
The Independent	[5]
The Irish Times	[6]
Mojo	[7]
NME	8/10[8]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[9]
Q	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Uncut	9/10[12]

Big Inner debuted at #19 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[13] The album received five stars from The Guardian[14] and was called "One of the great albums of modern Americana" by Uncut magazine.[12] It appeared on several "best of the year" lists in 2012, including those on Consequence of Sound,[15] Pitchfork,[16] and Blurt Magazine, and as a result of the album, White was named the #1 Best New Band by Paste[17] and 2012 Breakthrough by eMusic.[18]

In October 2013, Domino reissued Big Inner as a deluxe edition entitled Big Inner: Outer Face Edition with a second disc entitled Outer Face EP included with the original album.[19]

Over 30 musicians appear on the album: the Spacebomb House Band (Cameron Ralston on bass, Pinson Chanselle on drums and percussion, and Matthew E. White on guitar and vocals), a nine-piece horn section, an eight-piece string section, and a ten-piece choir.[20]

Production

• Matthew E. White – producer, horn arrangements
• Phil Cook – choir arrangements
• Trey Pollard – string arrangements
• Lance Koehler – engineer
• Karl Blau – engineer, mixing
• Gene Paul – mastering