Light Up Gold

Light Up Gold
Studio album by Parquet Courts
Released August 18th, 2012
January 15th, 2013 (Reissue)
Genre Indie rock, post-punk revival, garage rock
Length 33:06
Label Dull Tools, What's Your Rupture?
Producer Jonathan Schenke
Parquet Courts chronology

Light Up Gold
(2012)		 Sunbathing Animal
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (84/100)[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
NME [2]
Allmusic [3]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10.0)[4]
The Guardian [5]
Spin (8/10)[6]

Light Up Gold is the full-length debut by the Brooklyn-based garage rock band, Parquet Courts, following their cassette tape, American Specialties. The album was originally released on August 18, 2012 on the lead frontman A. Savage's label, Dull Tools, but was later released on a larger label, What's Your Rupture? in 2013 to highly positive reviews, with a Metascore of 84/100 on Metacritic.[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Parquet Courts. 

No. Title Length
1. "Master of My Craft"   3:10
2. "Borrowed Time"   2:32
3. "Donuts Only"   1:21
4. "Yr No Stoner"   1:50
5. "Yonder Is Closer to the Heart"   2:59
6. "Careers in Combat"   1:07
7. "Light Up Gold I"   0:18
8. "Light Up Gold II"   1:13
9. "N Dakota"   2:19
10. "Stoned and Starving"   5:11
11. "No Ideas"   2:37
12. "Caster of Worthless Spells"   1:18
13. "Disney P.T."   1:12
14. "Tears O Plenty"   3:16
15. "Picture of Health"   2:45

Personnel

Parquet Courts

Recording personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Light Up Gold - Parquet Courts". Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  2. ↑ Wilkinson, Matt. "Parquet Courts - 'Light Up Gold'". Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-01-14.
  4. ↑ "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold". Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Tom (2013-01-10). "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold – review". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 2013-01-25.
  6. ↑ "Parquet Courts, ‘Light Up Gold’". Retrieved 2013-01-25.