I Am Gemini

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I Am Gemini
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2012 (Digital)
February 21, 2012 (CD)
February 21, 2012 (LP)
Genre
Length43:04
Label Saddle Creek Records, Big Scary Monsters
Producer Matt Bayles
Cursive chronology
Mama, I'm Swollen
(2009)
I Am Gemini
(2012)
Vitriola
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 62/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg
The A.V. Club B [3]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Drowned In Sound 8/10 [5]
mAltIntel Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Paste Magazine 7.8/10 [7]
Pitchfork 4.7/10 [8]
Rock Sound 8/10 [9]

I Am Gemini is the seventh studio album by the post-hardcore band Cursive. It was released in 2012 on Saddle Creek Records in the US and Big Scary Monsters in the UK. [10] [11]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."This House Alive"4:13
2."Warmer, Warmer"3:55
3."The Sun and Moon"3:58
4."Drunken Birds"2:33
5."Lullaby for No Name"1:23
6."Double Dead"2:46
7."Gemini"2:28
8."Twin Dragon / Hello Skeleton"5:56
9."Wowowow"3:09
10."This House a Lie"1:31
11."The Cat and Mouse"2:40
12."A Birthday Bash"4:25
13."Eulogy for No Name"4:12

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