- rock
- 40 min
- 13 tracks
- 4AD
The Sunset Tree is the ninth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on April 26, 2005 by 4AD. The album's songs revolve around the house John Darnielle grew up in and the people who lived there, including his mother, sister, stepfather, friends, and enemies.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Metacritic 83/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- Mojo3/5 ★
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork7.2/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- SpinB+
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1You or Your Memory2:16
- 2Broom People2:45
- 3This Year3:53
- 4Dilaudid2:10
- 5Dance Music1:58
- 6Dinu Lipatti's Bones3:18
- 7Up the Wolves3:27
- 8Lion's Teeth3:25
- 9Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod?3:22
- 10Magpie2:00
- 11Song for Dennis Brown3:58
- 12Love Love Love2:49
- 13Pale Green Things4:19
13 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mountain Goats
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- April 25, 2005
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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