We Shall All Be Healed
We Shall All Be Healed | ||||
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Studio album by the Mountain Goats | ||||
Released | February 3, 2004 | |||
Studio | Bear Creek, Woodinville, Washington | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Length | 44:45 | |||
Label | 4AD | |||
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We Shall All Be Healed is the eighth studio album by The Mountain Goats. The album focuses on semi-fictional accounts of band leader John Darnielle's years as a teenager, particularly his friends' and acquaintances' experiences in California and in Portland, Oregon, as methamphetamine addicts. As The Mountain Goats' official website puts it: "All of the songs on We Shall All Be Healed are based on people John used to know. Most of them are probably dead or in jail by now." Like Tallahassee, but unlike the rest of Darnielle's repertoire up to its release, We Shall All Be Healed was recorded with a full band in a recording studio, and produced by John Vanderslice, as opposed to The Mountain Goats' previous practice of recording at home on a boom box with, at most, one or two backup vocalists or a bassist. "Palmcorder Yajna" (the primary single), when played in concert, is often played with the backing of members of one or more of the opening acts on tour with The Mountain Goats. The song "Cotton" was featured in an episode of the television series Weeds.
One of the provisional titles for the album was New Age Music Will Save Your Wretched Soul.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Alternative Press | 4/5[4] |
Blender | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mojo | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10[7] |
Q | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 8/10[10] |
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The Village Voice | A[12] |
We Shall All Be Healed was generally liked by critics, but divisive in some circles regarding the different direction taken in the album's creation, with a new production style and a band playing alongside the typically solo John Darnielle.[7] Other critics, however, felt that the change only added to the power of John Darnielle's voice, creating a 'brighter' sound and adding to the emotionality of Darnielle's lyricism.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Darnielle
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Slow West Vultures" | 2:41 |
2. | "Palmcorder Yajna" | 4:08 |
3. | "Linda Blair Was Born Innocent" | 2:46 |
4. | "Letter from Belgium" | 3:11 |
5. | "The Young Thousands" | 4:34 |
6. | "Your Belgian Things" | 3:49 |
7. | "Mole" | 4:32 |
8. | "Home Again Garden Grove" | 3:15 |
9. | "All Up the Seething Coast" | 3:45 |
10. | "Quito" | 2:03 |
11. | "Cotton" | 3:25 |
12. | "Against Pollution" | 3:43 |
13. | "Pigs That Ran Straightaway into the Water, Triumph Of" | 2:52 |
Total length: | 44:45 |
Personnel
- John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
- John Vanderslice – production
- Franklin Bruno – piano
- Peter Hughes – bass
- Nora Danielson – violin
- Christopher McGuire – drums
References
- ^ The Mountain Goats [@mountain_goats] (October 3, 2016). "@defundpoppunk yeah that was a working title, I forget where I first mentioned it" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Reviews for We Shall All Be Healed by The Mountain Goats". Metacritic. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "We Shall All Be Healed – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Alternative Press. No. 188. March 2004. p. 94.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (March 2004). "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Blender. No. 24. p. 124. Archived from the original on April 28, 2004. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Mojo. No. 124. March 2004. p. 96.
- ^ a b Bowers, William (February 2, 2004). "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 12, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Q. No. 212. March 2004. p. 107.
- ^ Hoard, Christian (February 19, 2004). "The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be Healed". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 22, 2004. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ Gross, Joe (April 2011). "Discography: The Mountain Goats". Spin. Vol. 27, no. 3. p. 57. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ "Kid Rock". Uncut. No. 82. March 2004. p. 100. Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (March 23, 2004). "Edges of the Groove". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
External links
- We Shall All Be Healed at MusicBrainz
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