| Believers | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 13, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 40:51 | |||
| Label | Fat Possum | |||
| A.A. Bondy chronology | ||||
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Believers is the third album by folk artist A.A. Bondy, released September 13, 2011, on Fat Possum Records. [1] The album was recorded at Mant/Kingsize Studios in Glassell Park, Los Angeles in the spring of 2011 and produced by Rob Schnapf. [1]
Spin gave Believers a score of 8/10, calling it an album of "deceptively austere alt folk...ludicrously gorgeous, vaporous, and reverb-caressed, like the hushed, almost unbearable intimacy of pre-fame Cat Power." [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Spin | (8/10) [2] |
All tracks are written by A.A. Bondy.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Heart is Willing" | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Down in the Fire (Lost Sea)" | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Skull & Bones" | 3:13 |
| 4. | "123 Dupuy Street" | 1:10 |
| 5. | "Surfer King" | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Hiway/Fevers" | 4:50 |
| 7. | "Drmz" | 3:26 |
| 8. | "The Twist" | 4:20 |
| 9. | "Rte. 28/Believers" | 6:59 |
| 10. | "Scenes from a Circus" | 4:21 |
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