The Golden River

Infobox Album | Name = The Golden River
Type = Album
Artist = Frog Eyes


Released = 1 July, 2003
Recorded = December 2002
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 31:43
Label = Animal World
Producer = Tolen McNeil
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:iwazefrk3gf5 link]
*"Pitchforkmedia" [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17926/Frog_Eyes_The_Bloody_Hand_The_Golden_River (8.2/10)] and [http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17923/Frog_Eyes_The_Golden_River (9.1/10)] | Last album = "The Bloody Hand" (2002)
This album = "The Golden River" (2003)
Next album = "The Folded Palm" (2004)

"The Golden River" is the second full length album by Frog Eyes. It is critically acclaimed and regarded by many as being their best work.

Track listing

#"One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats" – 4:15
#"Time Reveals Its Plan at Poisoned Falls" – 1:30
#"Masticated Outboard Motors" – 3:20
#"Miasma Gardens" – 4:27
#"A Latex Ice Age" – 3:37
#"Orbis Magnes" – 2:08
#"Time Destroys Its Plan at the Reactionary Table" – 3:04
#"Soldiers Crash Gathering in Sparrow Hills" – 3:02
#"World's Greatest Concertos" – 2:00
#"Picture Framing the Gigantic Men Who Fought on Steam Boats" – 3:43
#"The Secret Map Flees from Plurality" – 0:37

Emboldened Navigator and the Seagull Dots

The Golden River was re-released in 2006 with an album of bonus tracks. This album was never officially released by itself. The liner notes call this album "Emboldened Navigator and the Seagull Dots". In this re-release, The Golden River is unchanged, followed by an intermission, and Emboldened Navigator then plays. It features 23 songs (24 including the 31-second intermission).

Track listing

#"The Fruit That Ate Itself" – 2:48
#"Meadows and Madames and So Forth" – 2:27
#"A Latex Ice Age" – 1:45
#"Picture Framing and Some Other Dark Shit" – 3:18
#"American Waltz for the Good Americans" – 2:24
#"One in Six Children Will Flee in Boats" – 4:49
#"?" – 3:11
#"Spencers' Song for Carey to Officially Sing" – 4:51
#"I Hope My Horse Don't Make No Sound" – 2:20
#"A Song Once Mine Now No Longer Mine" – 4:06
#""Shots"" – 3:03
#"Libertatia National Lullaby" – 4:25