Goodnight Unknown

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Goodnight Unknown
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009 (UK)
StudioEar 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
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The A.V. Club (B-) [1]
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Drowned in Sound (8/10) [3]
NME (favorable) [4]
Pitchfork Media (7.3/10) [5]
Prefix Mag (6.5/10) [6]
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Goodnight Unknown is a solo studio album by Lou Barlow, the second with his real name; it was released in 2009 by Merge Records in the USA and by Domino Records in the UK. [8] [9] [10]

Contents

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

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