All Eternals Deck
Studio album by
the Mountain Goats
ReleasedMarch 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
Recorded2010
GenreFolk rock, indie rock
Length42:25
LabelMerge Records
ProducerBrandon Eggleston, John Congleton, Scott Solter, Erik Rutan
The Mountain Goats chronology
The Life of the World to Come
(2009) 		All Eternals Deck
(2011) 		Transcendental Youth
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Crackle Feedback(8/10)[3]
Pitchfork8.1/10[4]
Slant Magazine[5]
Spin7/10[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

All Eternals Deck is the thirteenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on March 29, 2011 by Merge Records. "All Eternals Deck" refers to a fictional set of Tarot cards, the history and details of which are described in the album's liner notes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle

All Eternals Deck
No.TitleLength
1."Damn These Vampires"3:24
2."Birth of Serpents"3:08
3."Estate Sale Sign"2:47
4."Age of Kings"4:13
5."The Autopsy Garland"2:50
6."Beautiful Gas Mask"3:52
7."High Hawk Season"2:56
8."Prowl Great Cain"3:15
9."Sourdoire Valley Song"3:38
10."Outer Scorpion Squadron"2:31
11."For Charles Bronson"3:01
12."Never Quite Free"3:30
13."Liza Forever Minnelli"3:10
Total length:42:25
Australian bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Brisbane Hotel Sutra"2:39
Total length:46:04
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Used to Haunt"2:46
Total length:46:11
All Survivors Pack – limited edition demos cassette tape[8]
No.TitleLength
1."Catherine Antrim's Kid" 
2."Beautiful Gas Mask" 
3."Birth of Serpents" 
4."The Autopsy Garland" 
5."Estate Sale Sign" 
6."Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece" 
7."Sourdoire Valley Song" 
8."Age of Kings" 
9."High Hawk Season" 
10."Never Quite Free" 
11."For Charles Bronson" 
12."Liza Forever Minnelli" 

John Darnielle revealed in a concert on October 13, 2012 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg that not only is "Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece" his 'secret favorite song', but that it is about Lon Chaney Jr. and was inspired by his movie Indestructible Man.[citation needed]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "All Eternals Deck". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "All Eternals Deck – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "Crackle Feedback Review".
  4. ^ Currin, Grayson (March 28, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
  5. ^ Baxley, Jaymie (April 4, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
  6. ^ "SPIN Review".
  7. ^ Nick RS. "The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  8. ^ Darnielle, John (February 17, 2011). "Our New Tape". Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
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