- Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
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Oh My God, Charlie Darwin Studio album by The Low Anthem Released September 2, 2008 (original release)
June 29, 2009 (re-release)Recorded Block Island, RI, Adorea Studio, Hamden, CT, Ouestern Studio Williamsburg, NY, Harlem, NY Genre Indie folk Length 42:01 Label Self-release (original version)
Bella Union (UK)
Nonesuch (US)Producer Jesse Lauter, The Low Anthem The Low Anthem chronology What The Crow Brings
(2007)Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
(2008)Smart Flesh
(2011)Singles from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin - "The Horizon is a Beltway"
Released: December 2008 - "Charlie Darwin/To Ohio"
Released: February 29, 2009 - "Champion Angel"
Released: July 2009
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] The AV Club (B)[2] Drowned In Sound [3] The New York Times (positive)[4] NME [5] Paste (90/100)[6] Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is a studio album by American indie folk band The Low Anthem, originally released in 2008, and re-released on June 29, 2009 on Bella Union. Ben Knox Miller states that "listening to the record is akin to taking shelter during a lightning storm among nostalgic remnants in a water-damaged church, whose new tenants – rats, owls, stray dogs and snakes – comprise a burgeoning, cacophonous, dog-eat-dog ecosystem."[7]
Track listing
- "Charlie Darwin" - 4:33
- "To Ohio" - 3:19
- "Ticket Taker" - 3:08
- "The Horizon Is A Beltway" - 2:51
- "Home I'll Never Be" (Jack Kerouac/Tom Waits) - 2:50
- "Cage the Songbird" - 4:03
- "(Don't) Tremble" - 4:39
- "Music Box" - 1:52
- "Champion Angel" - 5:34
- "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books" - 3:31
- "OMGCD" - 2:04
- "To Ohio (Reprise)" - 3:42
References
Categories:- 2008 albums
- 2009 albums
- English-language albums
- "The Horizon is a Beltway"
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