Random Spirit Lover
Studio album by
Sunset Rubdown
ReleasedOctober 9, 2007
RecordedJanuary 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length58:30
LabelJagjaguwar
Sunset Rubdown chronology
Shut Up I Am Dreaming
(2006)		 Random Spirit Lover
(2007)		 Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Filter90%[2]
Now Magazine[3]
Pitchfork8.5/10.0[4]
PopMatters[5]
Robert ChristgauC+[6]
Soundsect[7]
StylusA[8]
Twisted Ear[9]

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.[10]

The album was leaked on July 27, 2007.

The album was voted in as the 14th best album of 2007 by readers of Pitchfork, while garnering the most 1st place votes.[11]

Track listing

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

References

  1. ↑ Random Spirit Lover at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Roudman, Sam (November 23, 2007). "Album Reviews: Sunset Rubdown, Random Spirit Lover - Jagjaguwar". Filter. Archived from the original on July 12, 2009.
  3. ↑ Boles, Benjamin (September 27, 2007). "Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover". NOW. Vol. 27, no. 4. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  4. ↑ Howe, Brian (October 1, 2007). "Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover". Pitchfork.
  5. ↑ Mineo, Mike (October 8, 2007). "Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover (Jagjaguwar)". PopMatters. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008.
  6. ↑ Christgau, Robert (December 2007). "Consumer Guide". RobertChristgau.com.
  7. ↑ Corelli, Richie (2007). "Sunset Rubdown: Random Spirit Lover (Jagjaguwar)". Soundsect.com. Archived from the original on November 19, 2007.
  8. ↑ Weiss, Jeff (October 15, 2007). "Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover". Stylus. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ "General Blog". Twisted Ear. May 24, 2023.
  10. ↑ Random Spirit Lover (Media notes). p. 10. Retrieved November 20, 2007.
  11. ↑ "2007 Pitchfork Readers Poll". Pitchfork. January 2, 2008. Archived from the original on January 21, 2008. Retrieved January 19, 2008.



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