| Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill | ||||
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| Released | June 10, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
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| Length | 45:41 | |||
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| Producer | Liz Harris | |||
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Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill is the fifth studio album by American musician Liz Harris under the stage name Grouper. It was released on June 10, 2008 on Type Records. The album was later reissued alongside Grouper's The Man Who Died in His Boat in 2013 by Kranky.
The cover photograph is of Liz Harris as a child; the photograph was taken by her mother. [4]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10 [7] |
| Mojo |  [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10 [3] |
| PopMatters | 9/10 [2] |
Mike McGonigal of Pitchfork described Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill as "druggy and sexy and arty and pretty, but never pretentious", calling it "an arresting album of pastoral psychedelic pop". [3] In 2018, Pitchfork ranked it at number six on its list of the 30 best dream pop albums. [1]
All tracks are written by Liz Harris.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Disengaged" | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Stuck" | 5:59 |
| 4. | "When We Fall" | 2:07 |
| 5. | "Traveling Through a Sea" | 4:23 |
| 6. | "Fishing Bird (Empty Gutted in the Evening Breeze)" | 3:51 |
| 7. | "Invisible" | 3:55 |
| 8. | "I'm Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill" | 2:21 |
| 9. | "A Cover Over" | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Wind and Snow" | 4:30 |
| 11. | "Tidal Wave" | 5:35 |
| 12. | "We've All Gone to Sleep" | 3:03 |
| Total length: | 45:41 | |
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