- indie folk, folk, bluegrass, folk rock
- 52 min
- 12 tracks
- Dew Process
Babel is the second studio album by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, released on 21 September 2012, by Island Records. As with their debut album, Sigh No More (2009), the album was produced by Markus Dravs. The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Character
Grave, spare, character-led and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 63/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 5.6/10
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/10
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Tracks
- 1Babel3:29
- 2Whispers in the Dark3:16
- 3I Will Wait4:37
- 4Holland Road4:13
- 5Ghosts That We Knew5:40
- 6Lover of the Light5:15
- 7Lovers’ Eyes5:21
- 8Reminder2:05
- 9Hopeless Wanderer5:08
- 10Broken Crown4:16
- 11Below My Feet4:52
- 12Not With Haste4:09
12 tracks, 52 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mumford & Sons
- Label
- Dew Process
- Released
- September 13, 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- NZ
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