- indie pop, pop
- 46 min
- 11 tracks
- High Note Records
My Maudlin Career is the fourth studio album by the Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura. The album was made available for streaming on 14 April 2009, before being released on 20 April via 4AD. Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Jari Haapalainen of The Bear Quartet. The string and horn arrangements are by Björn Yttling, of Peter Bjorn and John.
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Character
Spare, character-led, classical in form and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 80/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubB−
- The Daily Telegraph3/5 ★
- The Irish Times4/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME9/10
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.3/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1French Navy3:20
- 2The Sweetest Thing4:23
- 3You Told a Lie3:45
- 4Away With Murder4:08
- 5Swans4:08
- 6James3:50
- 7Careless Love4:35
- 8My Maudlin Career4:19
- 9Forests and Sands4:16
- 10Other Towns and Cities3:59
- 11Honey in the Sun5:44
11 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Camera Obscura
- Label
- High Note Records
- Released
- April 20, 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- TW
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