A Folk Set Apart

A Folk Set Apart
Compilation album by Cass McCombs
Released	December 18, 2015 (2015-12-18)
Genre	Indie rock
Length	1:14:22
Label	Domino
Cass McCombs chronology
Big Wheel and Others (2013) A Folk Set Apart (2015) Mangy Love (2016)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	7.0/10 [3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10 [4]
PopMatters	7/10 [5]
Under the Radar	7/10 [6]
Glide Magazine	7/10 [7]
The Guardian	[8]

A Folk Set Apart is a compilation album by American musician Cass McCombs. It was released in December 2015 through Domino Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Cannot Lie"	3:00
2.	"A.Y.D."	4:06
3.	"Oatmeal"	2:33
4.	"Twins"	5:32
5.	"Minimum Wage"	3:05
6.	"Poet's Day"	2:45
7.	"An Other"	3:55
8.	"Bradley Manning"	3:54
9.	"Evangeline"	3:31
10.	"Empty Promises"	4:25
11.	"If You Loved Me Before…"	3:55
12.	"Three Men Sitting on a Hollow Log"	4:41
13.	"Lost River/Old River"	2:14
14.	"Old as Angry"	4:40
15.	"Texas"	6:22
16.	"Night of the World"	2:23
17.	"Traffic of Souls"	5:02
18.	"Catacombs Cow Cow Boogie [Instrumental]"	3:53
19.	"The State Will Take Care of Me"	4:26

References

1. "A folk set apart: rarities, B-sides & space junk, etc. reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved January 1, 2016.
2. Monger, Timothy (January 1, 2016). "A folk set apart – Cass McCombs". AllMusic . Retrieved January 1, 2016.
3. Powell, Mike (December 7, 2015). "Cass McCombs: "A folk set apart: rarities, B-sides & space junk, etc."". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
4. Lowman, Dustin (December 10, 2015). "Cass McCombs – "A folk set apart"". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
5. Dieringer, Ryan (February 1, 2016). "Cass McCombs: "A folk set apart: rarities, B-sides & space junk, ETC."". PopMatters . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
6. Wojtas, Michael (December 22, 2015). "Cass McCombs: "A folk set apart: rarities, B-sides & space junk, etc."". Under the Radar . Retrieved December 25, 2025.
7. Ferguson, Maeri (December 15, 2015). "Cass McCombs wastes no opportunities on "A folk set apart: rarities, B-sides & space junk, etc"". Glide Magazine. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
8. Empire, Kitty (December 13, 2015). "Cass McCombs: A folk set apart review – goodie bag of B-sides and rarities". The Guardian . Retrieved December 25, 2025.