Outside Love

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Outside Love
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Studio album by
Pink Mountaintops
ReleasedMay 5, 2009
Genre Indie rock
Length42:51
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer John Congleton
Pink Mountaintops chronology
Axis of Evol
(2006)
Outside Love
(2009)
Get Back
(2014)

Outside Love is the third album by Pink Mountaintops, released by Jagjaguwar in 2009 and produced by John Congleton. Many critics listed it on The Georgia Straight's 'Top Ten Albums of 2009'.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club A− [3]
Drowned in Sound 6/10 [4]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork Media 7.3/10 [6]

Outside Love received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 75 out of 100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stephen McBean

No.TitleLength
1."Axis: Thrones of Love"4:50
2."Execution"3:53
3."While We Were Dreaming"3:55
4."Vampire"3:52
5."Holiday"3:22
6."Come Down"2:09
7."Outside Love"5:25
8."And I Thank You"6:21
9."The Gayest of Sunbeams"4:13
10."Closer To Heaven"4:51

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