Only Love (album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)
Studio GodCity
Length38:23
Label No Rest Until Ruin
Producer Kurt Ballou
The Armed chronology
Untitled
(2015)
Only Love
(2018)
Ultrapop
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [1]
Kill Your Stereo95/100 [2]

Only Love is the third full-length album by American hardcore punk band The Armed. It was released April 27, 2018 for free via Bandcamp. It features drummer Ben Koller and was recorded and produced by Kurt Ballou at GodCity studio. [3] [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by The Armed; all music is composed by The Armed

No.TitleLength
1."Witness"3:08
2."Role Models"2:52
3."Nowhere to be Found"2:21
4."Apperception"1:50
5."Parody Warning"2:05
6."Fortune's Daughter"3:29
7."Luxury Themes"5:18
8."Heavily Lined"2:27
9."Middle Homes"3:54
10."Ultraglass"3:22
11."On Jupiter"7:37
Total length:38:23

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References

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