Released April 18, 2006 Length 72:23 Artist The Fiery Furnaces Producer Matthew Friedberger | Recorded 2005 Bitter Tea
(2006) Widow City
(2007) Release date 18 April 2006 Label Rough Trade Records | |
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Genres Indie rock, Experimental rock Similar The Fiery Furnaces albums, Indie rock albums | ||
The fiery furnaces in my little thatched hut bitter tea
Bitter Tea is the fifth full-length album by The Fiery Furnaces, released on April 18, 2006 via Fat Possum in the U.S and Rough Trade in the UK. After it leaked onto the internet on February 22, the band immediately started selling the CD on tour.
Contents
Track listing
- "In My Little Thatched Hut" – 4:13
- "I'm in No Mood" – 3:39
- "Black-Hearted Boy" – 5:11
- "Bitter Tea" – 5:45
- "Teach Me Sweetheart" – 5:56
- "I'm Waiting to Know You" – 4:01
- "The Vietnamese Telephone Ministry" – 5:44
- "Oh Sweet Woods" – 5:25
- "Borneo" – 4:17
- "Police Sweater Blood Vow" – 2:53
- "Nevers" – 5:02
- "Benton Harbor Blues" – 7:23
- "Whistle Rhapsody" – 4:20
- "Nevers (Reprise)" (unlisted) – 5:14
- "Benton Harbor Blues (Reprise)" (unlisted) – 3:13
Backmasking
The album contains several instances of backmasking throughout.
Critical response
Bitter Tea received generally positive reviews that were less polarized than their previous two proper albums, Blueberry Boat and Rehearsing My Choir. At Pitchfork Media, Mark Richardson praised the "sweet, undeniable melody" of "Teach Me Sweetheart" and the poppy likeability of "Benton Harbor Blues." Heather Phares at Allmusic criticized the album for being too long and "oddly diluted," but admitted that "even if all the songs aren't uniformly great, there's something interesting about each of them."
Songs
1In My Little Thatched Hut4:13
2I'm in No Mood3:39
3Black-Hearted Boy5:11