
- Summary: The fourth album for the rock band formed by Kim Deal of the Pixies was produced by Steve Albini.
- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Rock
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We're Gonna Rise | |
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Nothing you came to believe Or what you decided last night Still the sun shines Hits my shield and ignites We're gonna rise The sun shines We're... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 36
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Mixed: 9 out of 36
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Negative: 0 out of 36
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In a career full of perfect miniatures, Mountain Battles might actually be the Deals' best. It's certainly their most even-flowing.
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With material as good as this, we can bear to do without Pixies for a while yet.
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This is Kim Deal’s version of scuffed-up shoegazer rock, albeit with a shit-eating grin shining off the moonlight.
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The album’s sequencing is impeccable, as the band segues into airy atmospherics for 'Night of Joy' and 'We’re Gonna Rise,' the album’s most tender, melancholy and meditative tracks.
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Taken as a whole, this endearingly strange collection should force casual-listeners to appreciate the importance of the album as a convoluted, contrary and eternally charismatic art form, which can still be defended by even the most work-shy of songsmiths.
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It's an interesting mix, but unfortunately, the album is never as much fun to listen to as it probably was for the Deal sisters to make.
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Under The RadarDespite its evocative title of raw sinewy snarl, Mountain Battles is, sadly, a narcoleptic disappointment. [Spring 2008, p.74]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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SteveSApr 12, 2008
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ConnorG.Apr 9, 2008
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MichaelE.Apr 15, 2008
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ChristopherS.Apr 9, 2008
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