Goodnight Unknown

Goodnight Unknown
Studio album by Lou Barlow
Released	October 6, 2009 (UK)
Studio	Ear Knife by Barlow and the Hobby Shop
Genre	Folk rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
Label	Merge Records US, Domino Records UK
Producer	Lou Barlow and Andrew Murdock
Lou Barlow chronology
Emoh (2005) Goodnight Unknown (2009) Brace the Wave (2015)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
The A.V. Club	(B−) [1]
CHARTattack	[2]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10) [3]
NME	(favorable) [4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10) [5]
Prefix Mag	(6.5/10) [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[7]

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Track listing

1. "Sharing"
2. "Goodnight Unknown"
3. "Too Much Freedom"
4. "Faith In Your Heartbeat"
5. "The One I Call"
6. "The Right"
7. "Gravitate"
8. "I'm Thinking ..."
9. "One Machine, One Long Fight"
10. "Praise"
11. "Take Advantage"
12. "Modesty"
13. "Don't Apologize"
14. "One Note Tone"

Personnel

• Lou Barlow – everything but the following
• Imaad Wasif – guitar on tracks 2,3,5,6,10,11,13 (mantis mural at Ear Knife)
• Dale Crover – drums on tracks 1,2,6,7,9,13
• Adam Harding – vocals on track 11, percussion on track 5 (video stills in CD booklet)
• Sebastian Steinberg – bass on tracks 7,11
• Lisa Germano – vocals on track 3
• Murph additional drums on track 7

References

1. "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Music. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
2. Gormely, Ian (October 9, 2009). "Lou Barlow — Goodnight Unknown". Chart Attack . Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
3. "Album Review: Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
4. "NME". NME .
5. "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
6. daba. "Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown Album Review". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
7. "tinymixtapes.com/Lou-Barlow".
8. "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
9. "Goodnight Unknown - Lou Barlow | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
10. "Lou Barlow Announces New Solo Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 11, 2020.