Released October 2, 2012 Producer Brandon Eggleston Artist The Mountain Goats Label Merge Records Genre Indie rock | Recorded 2012 Transcendental Youth
(2012) Beat the Champ
(2015) Release date 2 October 2012 Length 39:10 | |
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Similar We Shall All Be Healed, All Eternals Deck, Tallahassee, All Hail West Texas, The Life of the World to Come | ||
The mountain goats amy aka spent gladiator 1
Transcendental Youth is the fourthteen studio album by the Mountain Goats. The album focuses on outcasts, recluses, the mentally ill, and others struggling in ordinary society. The album is loosely unified around a group of people living in Washington state. At least one character is confirmed to be recurring from All Hail West Texas, an earlier album.
Contents
Several songs were performed in concert with a capella quartet Anonymous 4 and featured arrangements by long-time friend Owen Pallett. However, Anonymous 4 and Owen Pallett do not appear on the official studio album. This is the first Mountain Goats album to prominently feature a horn section, contributed and arranged by fellow musician Matthew E. White, who opened for the band on their 2012 tour.
The first 1,000 preorders of the album came with a bonus 7", containing demos for the songs "Steal Smoked Fish" on Side A, and "In the Shadow of the Western Hills," which was originally written for the album, on Side B.
Track listing
First reported by John Darnielle on July 9, 2012, the track list is:
Personnel
Songs
1Amy AKA Spent Gladiator 12:27
2Lakeside View Apartments Suite3:58
3Cry for Judas3:13