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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox Album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Heretic Pride |
|Name = Heretic Pride
Type = [[Album]] |
| Type = [[Album]]
Artist = [[The Mountain Goats]] |
| Artist = [[The Mountain Goats]]
Cover = Heretic_pride_cover.jpeg |
| Cover = Heretic_pride_cover.jpeg
Released = February 18, 2008 {{flagicon|UK}}<br />February 19, 2008 {{flagicon|USA}}|
| Released = February 18, 2008 {{flagicon|UK}}<br />February 19, 2008 {{flagicon|USA}}
Recorded = |
| Recorded =
Genre = |
| Genre = [[Folk rock]], [[indie rock]], [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]]
Length = |
| Length = 44:37
Label = 4AD|
| Label = 4AD
Producer = [[Scott Solter]], [[John Vanderslice]]|
| Producer = [[Scott Solter]], [[John Vanderslice]]
| Last album = ''[[Get Lonely]]''<br />(2006) |
| Last album = ''[[Get Lonely]]''<br />(2006)
| This album = ''Heretic Pride''<br />(2008) |
| This album = ''Heretic Pride''<br />(2008)
| Next album = ''[[The Life of the World to Come (album)|The Life of the World to Come]]<br />(2009) |
| Next album = ''[[The Life of the World to Come (album)|The Life of the World to Come]]<br />(2009)
}}
}}


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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| all_writing =
| all_writing = [[John Darnielle]]
| title1 = [[Sax Rohmer]] #1
| title1 = [[Sax Rohmer]] #1
| length1 = 3:41
| length1 = 3:41
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| title13 = [[Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers]] Resplendent
| title13 = [[Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers]] Resplendent
| length13 = 2:52
| length13 = 2:52
| total_length = 44:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = [[iTunes]] bonus track
| collapsed = yes
| title14 = Toolshed
| length14 = 2:18
| total_length = 46:55
}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[John Darnielle]] - [[singing|vocals]], [[guitar]]
*[[The Bright Mountain Choir]]
*[[Franklin Bruno]]
*[[Franklin Bruno]] - [[piano]], [[organ (music)|organ]]
*[[Annie Clark]]
*[[Annie Clark]] - [[guitar]], [[backing vocals]]
*[[Erik Friedlander]] - [[arrangement]], [[string instrument|strings]]
*[[John Darnielle]]
⚫
*[[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]] - [[electric guitar]], [[bass guitar]]
*[[Erik Friedlander]]
*[[Jon Wurster]] - [[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]]
⚫
*[[Peter Hughes (musician)|Peter Hughes]]
*Rachel Ware Zooi - [[backing vocals]]
*[[John Vanderslice]]
*Sarah Arslanian - [[backing vocals]]
*[[Jon Wurster]]
*[[John Vanderslice]] - [[synthesizer]], [[record producer|production]]

*[[Scott Solter]] - additional [[percussion]], [[record producer|production]], [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]], [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
Produced by [[Scott Solter]] and [[John Vanderslice]].
*Aaron Prellwitz - [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
*Timin Murray - assistant [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]]


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 23:33, 22 September 2011

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Heretic Pride, released on February 19, 2008, is an album by The Mountain Goats. It is their 6th album for record label 4AD. The album was produced by Scott Solter and John Vanderslice.

On November 20, 2007, The Mountain Goats' official website announced the album, its release date, its track list, and its personnel.[1]

According to Pitchfork Media, the album takes its title from Aura Noir's song "Black Deluge Night" (found on their 2004 album The Merciless) which contains the couplet "Soaring demons now swarm the skies/ In awe and heretic pride.".[2]

Artwork and press kit

A three page comic book press kit was created for this album, with John Darnielle giving a brief text description of each song and songwriter/artist Jeffrey Lewis providing the illustrations.[3] This art is not included in the album packaging, and was created only for promotional usage prior to album release.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Blender[5]
Crawdaddy!(favorable)[6]
The Guardian[7]
NME(6/10)[8]
Paste Magazine[9]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10)[10]
Slant[11]
Sputnikmusic[12]
Twisted Ear[13]

Heretic Pride received mostly positive reviews, with website Metacritic projecting an aggregate score of 74/100.[14] The Guardian critic Maddy Costa praised the album as "13 absorbing songs, sparingly orchestrated to concentrate attention on the lyrics [...] that grows more enveloping with every listen.".[15] Pitchfork Media critic Zach Baron awarded the album a rating of 8.0/10, and notes that it marks a return to earlier Mountain Goats albums, both musically and lyrically, and praises the album for its balance, stating "For every furious declaration, there's a moment of uncertainty." [2]

On the negative side, Mojo awarded the album only 2/5, arguing that "[t]he polished arrangements of Heretic Pride do Darnielle's songwriting no favours.".[16] Similarly, despite acknowledging that John Darnielle "is a monstrously talented guy," Slant Magazine criticises the album for going over old territory, arguing that Darnielle "has covered every last of these inches before," and that "[t]he lack of the sort of overarching theme that powered previous discography standouts Tallahassee and The Sunset Tree through their dull bits means that these moments rob the record of a lot of momentum and goodwill." [17]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle

No.TitleLength
1."Sax Rohmer #1"3:41
2."San Bernardino"3:19
3."Heretic Pride"3:43
4."Autoclave"3:34
5."New Zion"2:55
6."So Desperate"3:21
7."In the Craters on the Moon"3:32
8."Lovecraft in Brooklyn"3:49
9."Tianchi Lake"3:20
10."How to Embrace a Swamp Creature"3:27
11."Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident"3:21
12."Sept 15 1983"3:43
13."Michael Myers Resplendent"2:52
Total length:44:37
iTunes bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Toolshed"2:18
Total length:46:55

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "The Mountain Goats News Archive - High Heresy". mountain-goats.com.
  2. ^ a b Baron, Zach. "Heretic Pride review". Pitchfork Media.
  3. ^ "Press Kit/One Sheet comic book by Jeffrey Lewis". thejeffreylewissite.com.
  4. ^ Allmusic review
  5. ^ Blender review
  6. ^ Crawdaddy! review
  7. ^ The Guardian review
  8. ^ NME review
  9. ^ Paste Magazine review
  10. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  11. ^ Slant review
  12. ^ Sputnikmusic review
  13. ^ Twisted Ear review
  14. ^ "Heretic Pride aggregate score". Metacritic.
  15. ^ Costa, Maddy (February 22, 2008). "Heretic Pride review". London: The Guardian newspaper. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  16. ^ Mojo Magazine, March 2008 edition, p.106
  17. ^ Hughes, David. "Heretic Pride review". Slant Magazine.
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