Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin | ||||
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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 | |||
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Singles from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 80/100[1] |
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The A.V. Club | (B)[3] |
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The New York Times | (positive)[5] |
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Paste | (90/100)[7] |
Robert Christgau | ![]() |
Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is the second studio album by American indie folk band The Low Anthem, self-released in 2008, and re-released on June 29, 2009 on Nonesuch Records and Bella Union. Upon its re-release, vocalist and guitarist Ben Knox Miller stated 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."[9]
In 2012, Tom Jones covered the song, "Charlie Darwin", on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.
Writing and composition[]
In 2010, Ben Knox Miller noted, "The Darwin record was this record about environmental decay and social de-evolution and the death of morality and all these very grand things."[10]
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[]
- ^ "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "The Low Anthem: On My God, Charlie Darwin". 7 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Album Review: The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "New CDs". The New York Times. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ NME.COM. "Album review: The Low Anthem - 'Oh My God, Charlie Darwin' - NME.COM". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "The Low Anthem: Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: low anthem". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "The Low Anthem :: The AD Interview". Aquarium Drunkard. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem goes into the great wide open". The A.V. Club. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
- 2008 albums
- 2009 albums
- Self-released albums
- The Low Anthem albums