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Length
  
53:39

Artist
  
Josh Ritter

Label
  
Pytheas Recordings

Producer
  
Sam Kassirer

Release date
  
17 April 2010

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Released
  
April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17) (Record Store Day) May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04) (worldwide)

Recorded
  
The Great North Sound Society, Maine Saltlands Studios, Brooklyn, NY

So Runs the World Away (2010)
  
The Beast in Its Tracks (2013)

Similar
  
Josh Ritter albums, Folk rock albums

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So Runs the World Away is the sixth full-length studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was released on vinyl record on April 17, 2010 as a part of Record Store Day in the United States. The vinyl record came packaged with a CD version of the album as well. The official album release was April 23, 2010 in Ireland, and May 4, 2010 worldwide. Ritter said of the album that it "marks the beginning of a new period in [his] life," and that overall, "the songs are larger and more detailed, and feel to me as if they were painted in oil on large canvasses." Ritter got the title from a line in the third act of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Contents

Release and reception

The record's release was met with high anticipation and covered by multiple news and media publications. Stephen King reported looking forward to the album. Irish music magazine Hot Press featured "Josh Ritter week" with free track downloads from the album, front cover picture, and interviews. Upon its release the album was met with very strong reviews. The Irish Independent called it "Ritter's most intriguing and rewarding album to date, it's easily his most diverse." Bob Boilen of NPR's All Songs Considered said of the album, "I've come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away."

Track listing

All songs written by Josh Ritter, except "Folk Bloodbath" written by Ritter based on a traditional song by Mississippi John Hurt.

  1. "Curtains" — 0:57
  2. "Change of Time" — 4:04
  3. "The Curse" — 5:03
  4. "Southern Pacifica" — 4:24
  5. "Rattling Locks" — 4:25
  6. "Folk Bloodbath" — 5:16
  7. "Lark" — 3:04
  8. "Lantern" — 5:15
  9. "The Remnant" — 3:56
  10. "See How Man Was Made" — 3:26
  11. "Another New World" — 7:34
  12. "Orbital" — 3:29
  13. "Long Shadows" — 2:20

Singles

"Change of Time" was released as a single in digital download format only from Josh Ritter's website on February 8, 2010.

Personnel

Musicians
  • Josh Ritter — vocals and guitars, violin
  • Zack Hickman — double bass, electric bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, hi-strung guitar, omnichord, vibraphone, organ, bass clarinet, percussion, euphonium
  • Austin Nevins — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, e-bow, lap steel, glockenspiel, banjo, mando guitar, baritone ukulele, percussion
  • Liam Hurley — drums, percussion
  • Sam Kassirer — electric piano, piano, organs, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, samples
    • Additional musicians
  • Dawn Landes — backing vocals
  • Allie Moss — backing vocals
  • Jesse Neuman — trumpet, electronics
  • Rob Jost — French horn
  • Tony Barba — tenor saxophone, flute
    • Production
  • Produced by Sam Kassirer
  • Recorded at the Great North Sound Society, Parsonsfield, Maine, from August 2008 to October 2009
  • Mixed by Brandon Eggleston at Secret Society, Portland, Oregon
  • Engineered by Sam Kassirer, Brandon Eggleston and Dan Cardinal
  • Additional recording by Jim Smith at Saltlands Studio, Brooklyn, New York, and by Austin Nevins at Austin's Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts
  • Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering

    • Songs

    1Curtains0:56
    2Change of Time4:07
    3The Curse5:00

    References

    So Runs the World Away Wikipedia
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