Rose Mountain (album)

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Rose Mountain
Screaming Female's Rose Mountain album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)
Genre Indie rock, punk rock, alternative rock
Length35:04
Label Don Giovanni Records
Producer Matt Bayles
Screaming Females chronology
Ugly
(2012)
Rose Mountain
(2015)
All At Once
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (77/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (B+) [3]
Paste (7.5/10) [4]
Pitchfork Media (6.7/10) [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
SPIN (8/10) [7]

Rose Mountain is the sixth studio album by Screaming Females, released on February 24, 2015, by Don Giovanni Records. [8]

Contents

Lance Bangs directed a music video for the song "Hopeless," which included animation made by Marissa Paternoster. [9] Bangs also made a two-part documentary about the band, their tour, and the making of the album. [10]

A deluxe version of the album was released digitally for an Australian tour. [11]

Track listing

All music is composed by Screaming Females.

No.TitleLength
1."Empty Head"3:58
2."Ripe"3:10
3."Wishing Well"3:25
4."Burning Car"3:17
5."Broken Neck"3:11
6."Rose Mountain"3:52
7."Hopeless"2:43
8."Triumph"4:48
9."It's Not Fair"1:22
10."Criminal Image"5:18
Total length:35:04
Australian Deluxe Digital Tour Edition [12]
No.TitleLength
1."Empty Head"3:58
2."Ripe"3:10
3."Wishing Well"3:25
4."Burning Car"3:17
5."Broken Neck"3:11
6."Rose Mountain"3:52
7."Hopeless"2:43
8."Triumph"4:48
9."It's Not Fair"1:22
10."Criminal Image"5:18
11."Let Me In"2:38
12."Skeleton"3:43
13."Hopeless"2:43
Total length:44:08

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeYearRank
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 20152015#20 [13]

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