Falling Down a Mountain

Reception

The album was released to generally positive reviews. Drowned in Sound felt that Tindersticks have "created a record that certainly rivals, if not betters any of its three predecessors from the past decade". Pitchfork Media summed up the record by saying "it leaves a very hazy, almost spectral impression when it ends. But it's also warm and in some ways comforting, and it improves the more you listen to it and tease out the details in the songs." BBC Music described the album as "the sound of a band rediscovering themselves" and Uncut had a similar view, saying Tindersticks sounded like "a band with restored self-belief, again loving doing what they do better than anyone else". Allmusic said "Falling Down a Mountain isn't exactly a major reinvention, but it does back up the golden-hued sky gracing its cover with some of their most upbeat and optimistic songs to date". NME was more measured, describing the album as "a dislocated creature" but "the moments of oddness whetted our palette for more." PopMatters was equally unimpressed, calling it "the sound of Tindersticks going through the motions".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Stuart Staples except where indicated.

1. "Falling Down A Mountain" – 6:33
2. "Keep You Beautiful" – 3:23
3. "Harmony Around My Table" – 5:06
4. "Peanuts" (with Mary Margaret O'Hara) – 4:37
5. "She Rode Me Down" – 3:18
6. "Hubbards Hills" (Dan McKinna) – 3:04
7. "Black Smoke" – 3:43
8. "No Place So Alone" – 3:12
9. "Factory Girls" – 5:55
10. "Piano Music" – 5:46

Personnel