Maraqopa

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Maraqopa
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
Genre Folk rock, indie folk
Length36:12
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Richard Swift
Damien Jurado chronology
Saint Bartlett
(2010)
Maraqopa
(2012)
Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
(2014)

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (81/100) [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club A− [5]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Paste 8.0/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [8]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

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