Get Back (Pink Mountaintops album)

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Get Back
Get Back, 2014.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 2014
RecordedLos Angeles, 2013
Genre Alternative, Indie rock
Length41:34
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer Joe Cardamone
Pink Mountaintops chronology
Outside Love
(2009)
Get Back
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [3]
Exclaim! 7/10 [4]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 4.9/10 [6]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Get Back is the fourth studio album released by the Canadian band Pink Mountaintops on April 28, 2014, through Jagjaguwar Records. It features a guest appearances by J. Mascis and Annie Hardy. [8]

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen McBean.

No.TitleLength
1."Ambulance City"5:02
2."The Second Summer of Love"3:56
3."Through All the Worry"3:21
4."Wheels"3:25
5."Sell Your Soul"3:48
6."North Hollywood Microwaves"5:01
7."Sixteen"2:44
8."New Teenage Mutilation"3:18
9."Shakedown"3:18
10."The Last Dance"7:41

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  8. "Get Back pressrelease" Announcement of new album by the record company listing the release date and guest appearances.
  9. "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list" Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine . Aux , June 19, 2014.