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All Eternals Deck
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
Recorded2010
GenreFolk rock, indie rock
Length42:25
LabelMerge Records
ProducerBrandon Eggleston, John Congleton, Scott Solter, Erik Rutan
The Mountain Goats chronology
The Life of the World to Come
(2009)
All Eternals Deck
(2011)
Transcendental Youth
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Crackle Feedback(8/10)[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.1/10)[3]
Slant Magazine[4]
Spin[5]
Tiny Mix Tapes[6]

All Eternals Deck is the thirteenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on March 29, 2011 by Merge Records. "All Eternals Deck" refers to a fictional set of Tarot cards, the history and details of which are described in the album's liner notes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle

All Eternals Deck
No.TitleLength
1."Damn These Vampires"3:24
2."Birth of Serpents"3:08
3."Estate Sale Sign"2:47
4."Age of Kings"4:13
5."The Autopsy Garland"2:50
6."Beautiful Gas Mask"3:52
7."High Hawk Season"2:56
8."Prowl Great Cain"3:15
9."Sourdoire Valley Song"3:38
10."Outer Scorpion Squadron"2:31
11."For Charles Bronson"3:01
12."Never Quite Free"3:30
13."Liza Forever Minnelli"3:20
Total length:42:25
Australian bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Brisbane Hotel Sutra"2:39
Total length:46:04
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Used to Haunt"2:46
Total length:46:11
All Survivors Pack - limited edition demos cassette tape[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Catherine Antrim’s Kid" 
2."Beautiful Gas Mask" 
3."Birth of Serpents" 
4."The Autopsy Garland" 
5."Estate Sale Sign" 
6."Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece" 
7."Sourdoire Valley Song" 
8."Age of Kings" 
9."High Hawk Season" 
10."Never Quite Free" 
11."For Charles Bronson" 
12."Liza Forever Minnelli" 

John Darnielle revealed in a concert on October 13th 2012 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg that not only is "Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece" his 'secret favorite song', but that it is about Lon Chaney Jr. and was inspired by his movie Indestructible Man.

Personnel


References

  1. ^ "All Eternals Deck". Metacritic. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Crackle Feedback Review".
  3. ^ "Pitchfork Review".
  4. ^ "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
  5. ^ "SPIN Review".
  6. ^ "Tiny Mix Tapes review".
  7. ^ Darnielle, John (February 17, 2011). "Our New Tape". Retrieved March 30, 2011.