- contemporary folk, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock
- 43 min
- 12 tracks
- 4AD
The Life of the World to Come is the twelfth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released by 4AD on October 6, 2009. The third track, "Genesis 3:23", was released as a free download via the band's website on July 28. The album peaked at #110 on the Billboard Top 200 albums on its chart debut.
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Character
Contemporary, grave, spare and character-led.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 78/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Robert ChristgauA−
- Drowned In Sound(8/10)
- Pitchfork(8.4/10)
- PopMatters9/10 ★
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- A11 Samuel 15:234:07
- A2Psalms 40:23:14
- A3Genesis 3:233:11
- B1Philippians 3:20-213:04
- B2Hebrews 11:402:49
- B3Genesis 30:33:24
- B4Romans 10:92:43
- C11 John 4:163:10
- C2Matthew 25:215:48
- C3Deuteronomy 2:103:22
- D1Isaiah 45:233:39
- D2Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace4:46
12 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mountain Goats
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- 2009-10
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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