Tiny Cities

Tiny Cities
Studio album by Sun Kil Moon
Released November 1, 2005
Recorded Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco
Genre Alternative rock
Length 30:29
Language English
Label Caldo Verde Records
Producer Mark Kozelek
Sun Kil Moon chronology
Ghosts of the Great Highway
(2003)		 Tiny Cities
(2005)		 April
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Billboard(highly favorable) [3]
Pitchfork Media(3.0/10) [4]
Rolling Stone [5]

Tiny Cities is the second studio album by American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, released November 1, 2005 on Caldo Verde Records. The album features the same lineup as the band's debut, Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003). This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (see 2005 in music).

The full-length album is composed of covers of songs by Modest Mouse, released on Kozelek's own label, Caldo Verde Records. Much like his AC/DC tribute What's Next to the Moon, Kozelek has re-interpreted the often complicated, rhythmically complex songs of Modest Mouse into delicate, acoustic guitar led ballads.

In a February 2014 interview with Seattle's The Stranger, Kozelek commented that he's "never heard from Modest Mouse" as to what they think of the record.[6] However, in a later conversation with Ben Gibbard, Kozelek said that he met Modest Mouse singer Isaac Brock "in Austin, and we talked about life insurance and making albums. He thanked me for making Tiny Cities, and that made my day!".[7]

Track listing

All songs written by Isaac Brock, Eric Judy, and Jeremiah Green, except for "Ocean Breathes Salty" written by Brock, Judy, and Dann Gallucci.

CD

  1. "Exit Does Not Exist" – 1:24
  2. "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" – 3:13
  3. "Neverending Math Equation" – 2:53
  4. "Space Travel Is Boring" – 3:42
  5. "Dramamine" – 2:44
  6. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" – 1:59
  7. "Four Fingered Fisherman" – 2:41
  8. "Grey Ice Water" – 2:32
  9. "Convenient Parking" – 1:56
  10. "Trucker's Atlas" – 2:49
  11. "Ocean Breathes Salty" – 4:36

Double 12" vinyl

Side A:

  1. "Exit Does Not Exist" – 1:24
  2. "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" – 3:13
  3. "Neverending Math Equation" – 2:53
  4. "Space Travel Is Boring" – 3:42
  5. "Dramamine" – 2:44
  6. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" – 1:59

Side B:

  1. "Four Fingered Fisherman" – 2:41
  2. "Grey Ice Water" – 2:32
  3. "Convenient Parking" – 1:56
  4. "Trucker's Atlas" – 2:49
  5. "Ocean Breathes Salty" – 4:36
  6. "Exit Does Not Exist" (Alternate Version) – 1:41

Bonus one-sided 12" EP (subtitled Mark Kozelek – Live Acoustic):

  1. "Trucker's Atlas" (Live Acoustic)
  2. "Neverending Math Equation" (Live Acoustic)
  3. "Convenient Parking" (Live Acoustic)
  4. "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes" (Live Acoustic)
  5. "Four Fingered Fisherman" (Live Acoustic)
  6. "Dramamine" (Live Acoustic)
  7. "Jesus Christ Was an Only Child" (Live Acoustic)

References

  1. ↑ "Sun Kil Moon "Tiny Cities" review". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 Jan 2016.
  2. ↑ Tiny Cities at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Billboard Review
  4. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  6. ↑ The Stranger Interview
  7. ↑ The Thread Conversation

External links

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