Heretic Pride (Dig)

Mountain Goats | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 4ad / Ada
• ASIN: B0011458QA
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,768 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sax Rohmer #1

2. San Bernardino

3. Heretic Pride

4. Autoclave

5. New Zion

6. So Desperate

7. In The Craters On The Moon

8. Lovecraft In Brooklyn

9. Tianchi Lake

10. How To Embrace A Swamp Creature

11. Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident

12. Sept 15 1983

13. Michael Myers Resplendent

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Mountain Goats Return to their Roots on Heretic Pride, February 26, 2008

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Allison R. Scouten "squeakyfingers" (Toledo, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heretic Pride (Dig) (Audio CD)

After a highly produced sound on his last album, John Darnielle strips down and returns to a grittier sound. This is the first album since "Coroner's Gambit" to lack an obvious central theme, but the charm and introspection of John's lyrics are not lost. John's characters are back, and doing what they know best. They join cults, are accused of being heretics, they huddle in cars together. Each song is its own little story and you truly feel for the characters.

I have been playing this album nonstop since it arrived in the mail last week. The orchestration/instrumentation is absolutely beautiful. It's very raw sounding, which i missed dearly on the last album "Get Lonely". I disagree with the reviewer that claims the instrumentation is a departure from their previous work. On the contrary, this album sounds more like previous albums such as "The Sunset Tree" and "Tallahassee". Songs such as "Sax Rohmer #1" and "Heretic Pride" have that familiar furious, frenetic driving rhythm which characterizes so much of the Mountain Goats work.

John's lyrics are as beautiful and instrospective as ever. I'd recommend this album to anyone.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent - Darnielle's Still Got It, March 13, 2008

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Gamblor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heretic Pride (Dig) (Audio CD)

The Mountain Goats' latest venture is a phenomenal piece of pop art that rarely fails to impress. It's less autobiographical and personal than some of Darnielle's later work, like The Sunset Tree, but it's so full of well-versed accoustic melodies and pop/folk singalongs that it's not a bad thing. after the initial obsession with catchier songs like "Heretic Pride", you'll find yourself litening to the moodier songs over and over again (Lovecraft in Brooklyn is a gem).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid and Refreshing, March 4, 2008

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Colin Wagner (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heretic Pride (Dig) (Audio CD)

If you've ever finished listening to songs like "This Year" or "No Children" and wished the energy would continue for a few more songs, this album will satisfy and refresh you. Heretic Pride is full of energy and brilliantly balanced. Darnielle seems to have loosened his grasp on the spotlight and let other instruments and musicians play a greater role in adding to this albums collage of sound. The Mountain Goats sound more like a full group than ever before. While Heretic Pride is far from the rough intimate sound of the Goats in their lo-fi era, it is beautiful and energizing in its own right and one of their most solid albums to date.