Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon

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Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2012
Genre
Length44:22
Label Bloodshot
Producer John Congleton
Murder by Death chronology
Good Morning, Magpie
(2010)
Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
(2012)
Big Dark Love
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75% [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club B− [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Under The Gun Review 8/10 [1]

Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon is the sixth full-length album by indie rock band Murder by Death released on September 25, 2012.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."My Hill"2:36
2."Lost River"4:24
3."Straight at the Sun"4:02
4."No Oath, No Spell"3:30
5."I Came Around"4:35
6."Hard World"3:37
7."Ditch Lilly"3:32
8."The Curse of Elkhart"2:50
9."Ramblin’"3:12
10."Queen Mab"1:26
11."Go to the Light"3:40
12."Oh to Be an Animal"3:01
13."Ghost Fields"4:01

Personnel

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References

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