| Natural | ||||
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| Released | 21 August 2007 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, alternative country | |||
| Length | 46:15 | |||
| Label | Quarterstick Records [1] | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77% [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B− [4] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [5] |
| musicOMH | [6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.9/10 [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [9] |
Natural is an album by the Mekons. [10] [11] It was released on 21 August 2007 by Quarterstick Records. [12]
The album was recorded in four days in the Lake District, England, the band's first album to be recorded in their homeland in 16 years. [13] Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford were the only original Mekons to play on the album. [14]
PopMatters wrote that the band "turn the volume down, break out the wooden instruments and craft haunting, bone-clinking songs about mortality." [12] Spin wrote that the Mekons are "at their red-eyed best here, skirting the edges of chaos on ragged-but-right tunes like the harmonica-fueled tall tale 'The Old Fox' and the fractured reggae shuffle 'Cockermouth.'” [15] Exclaim! called Natural "a stirring folk punk record that recalls the organic eclecticism of the Clash's Sandinista!" [14]
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