Maraqopa | ||||
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Released | February 21, 2012 | |||
Genre | Folk rock, indie folk | |||
Length | 36:12 | |||
Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
Producer | Richard Swift | |||
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Maraqopa is the tenth studio album by American rock musician Damien Jurado, produced by Richard Swift. It was released on February 21, 2012, on Secretly Canadian. [1]
The story follows a man who disappears from society. He takes nothing with him except a couple hundred dollars and stumbles upon a mysterious place called Maraqopa. "He's discovering a lot of interesting things about who he is," Jurado explains. "He ends up leaving Maraqopa after a while, and then he gets into a car accident." [2]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Nothing Is the News" | 5:34 |
2. | "Life Away from the Garden" | 2:51 |
3. | "Maraqopa" | 3:41 |
4. | "This Time Next Year" | 3:59 |
5. | "Reel to Reel" | 4:31 |
6. | "Working Titles" | 3:44 |
7. | "Everyone a Star" | 4:21 |
8. | "So On, Nevada" | 2:31 |
9. | "Museum of Flight" | 2:49 |
10. | "Mountains Still Asleep" | 2:18 |
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (81/100) [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The A.V. Club | A− [5] |
Consequence of Sound | [6] |
Paste | 8.0/10 [7] |
Pitchfork | 7.6/10 [8] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
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