The Animal Years

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The Animal Years
Studio album by Josh Ritter
Released	March 20, 2006 (UK) April 11, 2006 (U.S.)
Genre	Folk
Length	49:22
Label	V2
Producer	Brian Deck
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The A.V. Club (A-) link Prefix Magazine (8.0/10) link Mojo Q
Josh Ritter chronology
Hello Starling (2003) The Animal Years (2006) In The Dark - Live At Vicar Street (2006)

The Animal Years is an album by Josh Ritter, released on April 19, 2006.

Ritter told a crowd in Washington DC that "[the album] was about the United States of America, but it came out like a love song."^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

1. "Girl in the War" – 4:23
2. "Wolves" – 4:04
3. "Monster Ballads" – 4:05
4. "Lillian, Egypt" – 3:24
5. "Idaho" – 3:51
6. "In the Dark" – 4:41
7. "One More Mouth" – 3:29
8. "Good Man" – 4:09
9. "Best for the Best" – 3:58
10. "Thin Blue Flame" – 9:38
11. "Here at the Right Time" – 3:40

[edit] Trivia

• "Good Man" was featured on the season finale of the third season of House.
• Stephen King rated The Animal Years the best album of 2006 in an article for Entertainment Weekly.

[edit] External links

• Lyrics
• NPR performance and interview