Bad Debt (album)

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Bad Debt
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)
January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) (Reissue)
November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) (Reissue)
Genre Country
Length34:15 (2010 Release)
42:34 (2014 Release)
Label Black Maps
Paradise of Bachelors
Merge Records
Hiss Golden Messenger chronology
Country Hai East Cotton
(2009)
Bad Debt
(2010)
Poor Moon
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste Magazine 8.6/10 [3]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Bad Debt is a studio album by American musician Hiss Golden Messenger. It was released in November 2010 under Black Maps Records, then reissued in January 2014 under Paradise of Bachelors with three new tracks. It was later reissued in 2018 by Merge Records.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Balthazar's Song"3:24
2."No Lord is Free"5:06
3."Bad Debt"2:59
4."O Little Light"4:16
5."Straw Man Red Sun River Gold"4:01
6."The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)"3:36
7."Jesus Shot Me in the Head"5:17
8."Super Blue (Two Days Clean)"3:08
9."Drum"2:28
2014 Reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Balthazar's Song"3:24
2."No Lord is Free"5:06
3."Bad Debt"2:59
4."O Little Light"4:16
5."Straw Man Red Sun River Gold"4:01
6."Far Bright Star"2:01
7."The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)"3:36
8."Call Him Daylight"3:26
9."Jesus Shot Me in the Head"5:15
10."Super Blue (Two Days Clean)"3:05
11."Roll River Roll"3:17
12."Drum"2:28

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References

  1. "Bad Debt Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. Jurek, Thom. "Bad Debt - Hiss Golden Messenger". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. Golden, Grant (2014-01-14). "Hiss Golden Messenger: Bad Debt". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  4. "Slant review".