The Fiery Margin
| The Fiery Margin | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 13 September 2019 | |||
| Length | 39:04 | |||
| Label | Drag City | |||
| Alasdair Roberts chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The Skinny | [3] |
The Fiery Margin is a studio album by Scottish musician Alasdair Roberts. It was released on 13 September 2019 by Drag City Records.[4] Monorail record shop in Glasgow released an exclusive edition featuring a bonus CD, Where the East Toucheth the West, which includes live versions of five of the album's tracks, recorded at gigs in July 2019.[5]
In October 2019, the Fiery Margin Tour was announced for Scotland and England.[6]
"The Untrue Womb" is a version of the song appearing on the 2011 charity album by The Fruit Tree Foundation.
Critical reception
[edit]The Fiery Margin was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews.[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "False Flesh" | 4:16 |
| 2. | "The Evernew Tongue" | 3:02 |
| 3. | "Europe" | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Comments" | 3:55 |
| 5. | "A Keen" | 2:55 |
| 6. | "The Stranger With the Scythe" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Actore" | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Common Clay" | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Learning Is Eternal" | 4:46 |
| 10. | "The Untrue Womb" | 3:43 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Bowman, Jamie (17 September 2019). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Shepherd, Fiona (16 September 2019). "Alasdair Roberts on mining the Middle Ages for new album The Fiery Margin". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Alasdair Roberts :: The Fiery Margin Signed Copies + Bonus Live CD".
- ^ "The Fiery Margin Tour". Alasdairroberts.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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