- indie rock
- 35 min
- 10 tracks
- Sub Pop Records
Cease to Begin is the second album by Band of Horses, released on October 9, 2007. This album solidified the band's sound and was a critical and commercial success, peaking at number 35 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The singles "Is There a Ghost" and "No One's Gonna Love You" appear on the album.
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Character
Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 78/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Blender4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.7/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Uncut3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Is There a Ghost2:60
- 2Ode to LRC4:17
- 3No One’s Gonna Love You3:37
- 4Detlef Schrempf4:28
- 5The General Specific3:07
- 6Lamb on the Lam (In the City)0:51
- 7Islands on the Coast3:34
- 8Marry Song3:23
- 9Cigarettes, Wedding Bands4:36
- 10Window Blues4:01
10 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Band of Horses
- Label
- Sub Pop Records
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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