Gold Past Life

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Gold Past Life
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
GenreIndie rock, indie pop, indie folk, soft rock
Length38:44
LabelMerge Records
ProducerThom Monahan
Fruit Bats chronology
Absolute Loser
(2016)
Gold Past Life
(2019)
The Pet Parade
(2021)

Gold Past Life is the ninth studio album by Fruit Bats, released on June 21, 2019, via Merge Records.

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!7/10[2]
Paste7.0/10[3]
PopMatters[4]
Variety[5]

Gold Past Life received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78 based on nine reviews.[1]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson

No.TitleLength
1."The Bottom of It"3:01
2."Gold Past Life"3:30
3."Drawn Away"4:06
4."Cazadera"3:25
5."Ocean"3:18
6."Your Dead Grandfather"2:50
7."A Lingering Love"3:57
8."Barely Living Room"3:26
9."Mandy from Mohawk (Wherever You May Be)"3:47
10."Dream Would Breathe"3:57
11."Two Babies in Michigan"3:47

Charts[edit]

Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 37

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Absolute Loser by Fruit Bats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Brzozowski, Sophie (June 21, 2019). "Fruit Bats – Gold Past Life". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Crump, Andy (June 19, 2019). "Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life Review". Paste. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Waterman, Rod (June 21, 2019). "Fruit Bats' 'Gold Past Life' Is an Exhilarating Trip Down Multiple Memory Lanes". PopMatters. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Willman, Chris (June 24, 2019). "Album Review: Fruit Bats' 'Gold Past Life'". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Fruit Bats Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Fruit Bats Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.