Light Up Gold

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Light Up Gold
Light Up Gold artwork.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 2012
Genre
Length33:06
Label
  • Dull Tools
  • What's Your Rupture?
Producer Jonathan Schenke
Parquet Courts chronology
American Specialties
(2011)
Light Up Gold
(2012)
Tally All the Things That You Broke
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 8.0/10 [1]
Metacritic 84/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A− [6]
NME 9/10 [7]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]
Uncut 8/10 [12]

Light Up Gold is the second studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, initially released on August 18, 2012 on the lead frontman Andrew Savage's label Dull Tools. It was later released on a larger label, What's Your Rupture?, on January 15, 2013. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Parquet Courts

No.TitleLength
1."Master of My Craft"3:10
2."Borrowed Time"2:32
3."Donuts Only"1:21
4."Yr No Stoner"1:50
5."Yonder Is Closer to the Heart"2:59
6."Careers in Combat"1:07
7."Light Up Gold I"0:18
8."Light Up Gold II"1:13
9."N Dakota"2:19
10."Stoned and Starving"5:11
11."No Ideas"2:37
12."Caster of Worthless Spells"1:18
13."Disney P.T."1:12
14."Tears O Plenty"3:16
15."Picture of Health"2:45
Total length:33:06

Personnel

Parquet Courts
Recording personnel

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