Random Spirit Lover

Infobox Album
Name = Random Spirit Lover
Type = studio
Artist = Sunset Rubdown


Released = October 9, 2007
Recorded = January 2007
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 58:30
Label = Jagjaguwar
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://wc05.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fpxz9hldhe link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.5/10.0) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/45860-random-spirit-lover link]
*Popmatters rating-10|9 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/47069/sunset-rubdown-random-spirit-lover/ link]
*QRO Magazine (7.7/10.0) [http://www.qromag.com/reviews/album_reviews/sunset_rubdown_%3a_random_spirit_lover/ link]
*Soundsect Rating|4|5 [http://soundsect.com/review/157.html link]
* Twisted Ear Rating|5|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1204&Itemid=31 link]
Last album = "Shut Up I Am Dreaming"
(2006)
This album = "Random Spirit Lover"
(2007)
Next album =

"Random Spirit Lover" is Sunset Rubdown's third LP, released on October 9, 2007. The album marked Sunset Rubdown's change from the Absolutely Kosher Records label to the Bloomington, Indiana-based Jagjaguwar records. The album was recorded in January 2007 at Breakglass Studios in Montreal with Jace Lasek and Dave Smith. [Album liner notes, pg. 10, retrieved November 20, 2007.]

The album was leaked on July 27, 2007.

The album was voted in as the 14th best album of 2007 by readers of Pitchfork Media, while garnering the most 1st place votes. [ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47707-2007-pitchfork-readers-poll, retrieved January 19, 2007]

Track listing

# "The Mending of the Gown" - 5:36
# "Magic vs. Midas" - 5:59
# "Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" - 4:47
# "The Courtesan Has Sung" - 4:31
# "Winged/Wicked Things" - 4:46
# "Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns" - 4:54
# "Stallion" - 6:45
# "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)" - 5:14
# "The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life" - 6:06
# "Setting vs. Rising" - 2:23
# "Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!" - 5:28
# "Child-Heart Losers" - 2:01

External links

* [http://www.stereogum.com/archives/premature-evaluation/premature-evaluation-sunset-rubdown-random-spirit.html?utm_source=bb&utm_medium=mc Stereogum Premature Evaluation]
* [http://www.daytrotter.com/daytrotterSessions/99/free-songs-sunset-rubdown "Winged/Wicked Things"] (Free Live Recording Download from Daytrotter
* [http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1088/he-cant-believe-he-belongs-to-nowhere-the-human-aurora-borealis "The Mending of the Gown"] (Free Live Recording Download from Daytrotter

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