| Along the Way | ||||
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| Released | February 4, 2014 | |||
| Length | 67:31 | |||
| Label | Dead Oceans | |||
| Producer | Mark McGuire | |||
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| Singles from Along the Way | ||||
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Along the Way is a solo studio album by Mark McGuire, a former member of Emeralds. It was released on Dead Oceans on February 4, 2014. [1] "The Instinct" was released as a single from the album. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 73/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Blurt | [5] |
| Fact | 3/5 [6] |
| The 405 | 8/10 [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit |   [8] |
| MusicOMH |  [9] |
| NME | 7/10 [10] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10 [11] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [12] |
| Under the Radar | [13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]
Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Along the Way represents the most ambitious material from McGuire to date, including deeper production and a plethora of various instruments that never made it into the laser-focused explorations of solo guitar that made up previous albums." [4] He added: "It's an incredible feat for an artist to make something so enormous and unfolding without losing himself in the process, but McGuire has done just that, and as a result has turned in his most detailed and soul-searching work." [4] Tom Fenwick of Under the Radar gave the album 7 stars out of 10, writing: "Carving out layers of sound from digital percussion, distant auto-tuned vocals, and washes of synthesized atmospherics, he surrounds them with his virtuosic playing of electric and acoustic guitar." [13]
All tracks are written by Mark McGuire.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Awakening" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "Wonderland of Living Things" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "In Search of the Miraculous" | 5:53 |
| 4. | "To the Macrobes (Where Do I Go?)" | 5:05 |
| 5. | "Astray" | 1:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Silent Weapons (The Architects of Manipulation)" | 5:14 |
| 7. | "The Instinct" | 12:00 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 8. | "The Human Condition (Song for My Father)" | 4:11 |
| 9. | "For the Friendships (Along the Way)" | 8:30 |
| 10. | "Arrival Begins the Next Departure" | 5:11 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "The War on Consciousness" | 6:05 |
| 12. | "The Lonelier Way" | 5:37 |
| 13. | "Turiya (The Same Way)" | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 67:31 | |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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