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Released
  
April 26, 2005

The Sunset Tree (2005)
  
Get Lonely (2006)

Release date
  
26 April 2005

Producer
  
John Vanderslice

Length
  
39:20

Artist
  
The Mountain Goats

Label
  
4AD

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Recorded
  
November 4, 2004 – November 15, 2004

Studio
  
Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California

Similar
  
The Mountain Goats albums, Folk rock albums

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The Sunset Tree is the ninth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on April 26, 2005 by 4AD. The album's songs revolve around the house John Darnielle grew up in and the people who lived there, including his mother, sister, step-father, friends, and enemies.

Contents

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Reception

The Sunset Tree has a metascore of 83 on Metacritic based on 28 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim." Pitchfork Media placed The Sunset Tree at number 102 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

In 2010, the Art Of Time Ensemble featuring (former Barenaked Ladies singer) Steven Page covered "Lion's Teeth" for their record A Singer Must Die.

The song "Up the Wolves" was used in the final scene of AMC's The Walking Dead episode titled "Still" that aired on March 2, 2014.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Darnielle.

Personnel

  • John Darnielle – vocals, guitar
  • Peter Hughes – bass, backing vocals
  • Erik Friedlander – cello
  • Alex Decarville – drums
  • Franklin Bruno – piano
  • John Vanderslice – production
  • Scott Solter – engineering
  • Aaron Prellwitz – engineering
  • Timin Murray – engineering
  • Songs

    1You or Your Memory2:16
    2Broom People2:45
    3This Year3:51

    References

    The Sunset Tree Wikipedia