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2007 studio album by the Mekons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natural is an album by the Mekons.[10][11] It was released on 21 August 2007 by Quarterstick Records.[12]
Natural | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 21 August 2007 | |||
Genre | Post-punk, alternative country | |||
Length | 46:15 | |||
Label | Quarterstick Records[1] | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 77%[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The A.V. Club | B−[4] |
Robert Christgau | B+[5] |
musicOMH | [6] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10[7] |
Rolling Stone | [8] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
The album was recorded in four days in the Lake District, England, the band's first album to be recorded in their homeland in 16 years.[13] Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford were the only original Mekons to play on the album.[14]
PopMatters wrote that the band "turn the volume down, break out the wooden instruments and craft haunting, bone-clinking songs about mortality."[12] Spin wrote that the Mekons are "at their red-eyed best here, skirting the edges of chaos on ragged-but-right tunes like the harmonica-fueled tall tale 'The Old Fox' and the fractured reggae shuffle 'Cockermouth.'”[15] Exclaim! called Natural "a stirring folk punk record that recalls the organic eclecticism of the Clash's Sandinista!"[14]
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