Light Chasers

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Light Chasers
Light Chasers Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Cloud Cult
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2010 (Stores)
June 28, 2010 (Website)
Genre Indie pop
Length56:01
Cloud Cult chronology
Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)
(2008)		Light Chasers
(2010)		 Love
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The A.V. Club (B+) [1]
Paste Magazine (7.9/10) [2]
Pitchfork Media (5.4/10) [3]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Light Chasers is the tenth studio album by the American indie rock group Cloud Cult that was released in stores on September 14, 2010. It was previously released on the band's website via digital download and mail order on June 28, 2010.

Contents

Track list

All songs written by Craig Minowa.

No.TitleLength
1."The Mission: Unexplainable Stories"4:37
2."The Departure: Today We Give Ourselves to the Fire"2:58
3."The Invocation (p.1) - You'll Be Bright"3:54
4."The Birth"1:25
5."The Baby - You Were Born"2:31
6."The Lessons - Exploding People"4:27
7."The Interference"1:33
8."The Battles - Room Full of People in Your Head"4:29
9."The Escape - Running With the Wolves"3:29
10."The Acceptance - Responsible"2:42
11."The Surrender - Guessing Game"1:49
12."The Strength - Forces of the Unseen"3:45
13."The Invocation (p.2) - Blessings"6:35
14."The Awakening - Dawn"3:02
15."The Contact"1:20
16."The Arrival - There's So Much Energy In Us"7:23

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

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References

  1. ↑ "Cloud Cult: Light Chasers". A.V. Club. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  2. ↑ "Cloud Cult: Light Chasers :: Music :: Reviews ::Paste" . Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  3. ↑ "Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Cloud Cult: Light Chasers". Pitchfork . Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  4. ↑ "Cloud Cult: Light Chasers". Slant Magazine. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-21.



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