A Productive Cough

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A Productive Cough
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 2018
Genre
Length46:43
Label Merge
Titus Andronicus chronology
The Most Lamentable Tragedy
(2015)
A Productive Cough
(2018)
An Obelisk
(2019 [1] )
Singles from A Productive Cough
  1. "Number One (In New York)"
    Released: January 4, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10 [2]
Metacritic 68/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
Paste 6.9/10 [8]
Pitchfork 5.9/10 [9]

A Productive Cough is the fifth studio album by New Jersey punk rock band Titus Andronicus, released on March 2, 2018, through Merge Records. [10] The band's frontman, Patrick Stickles, indicated that the album is a departure from their earlier work insofar as it contains no "punk bangers" [11] and offers "a mellower, more ballad-oriented approach" while also capturing the looseness of the band's live performances. [12]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Patrick Stickles, except "(I'm) Like a Rolling Stone" originally by Bob Dylan.

No.TitleLength
1."Number One (In New York)"8:13
2."Real Talk"7:15
3."Above the Bodega (Local Business)"4:46
4."Crass Tattoo"4:21
5."(I'm) Like a Rolling Stone"8:53
6."Home Alone"8:17
7."Mass Transit Madness (Goin' Loco')"4:58
Total length:46:43

Charts

Chart performance for A Productive Cough
Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [13] 13
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [14] 2
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 13
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [16] 81
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [17] 25
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard) [18] 10

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