So Runs the World Away

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So Runs the World Away
So Runs The World Away (Josh Ritter) cover.jpg
Studio album by
Josh Ritter
ReleasedApril 17, 2010 (2010-04-17) (Record Store Day)
May 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)
RecordedThe Great North Sound Society, Maine
Saltlands Studios, Brooklyn, New York
Genre
Length53:39
Label Pytheas Recordings
Producer Sam Kassirer
Josh Ritter chronology
Live at the 9:30 Club
(2008)		So Runs the World Away
(2010)		 To the Yet Unknowing World
(2011)
Singles from The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
  1. "Change of Time"
    Released: February 8, 2010

So Runs the World Away is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was released on vinyl record on April 17, 2010, as a part of Record Store Day in the United States. The vinyl record came packaged with a CD version of the album as well. [1] The official album release was April 23, 2010, in Ireland, and May 4, 2010, worldwide. [2] Ritter said of the album that it "marks the beginning of a new period in [his] life," and that overall, "the songs are larger and more detailed, and feel to me as if they were painted in oil on large canvasses." [3] Ritter got the title from a line in the third act of Shakespeare's Hamlet . [4] [5]

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Paste 8.3/10 [11]
PopMatters 8/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Sputnikmusic 3.5/5 [15]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]

The record's release was met with high anticipation and covered by multiple news and media publications. Stephen King reported looking forward to the album. [17] Irish music magazine Hot Press featured "Josh Ritter week" with free track downloads from the album, front cover picture, and interviews. [18] Upon its release the album was met with very strong reviews. [19] The Irish Independent called it "Ritter's most intriguing and rewarding album to date, it's easily his most diverse." [20] Bob Boilen of NPR's All Songs Considered said of the album, "I've come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away." [21]

Track listing

All songs written by Josh Ritter, except "Folk Bloodbath" written by Ritter based on a traditional song by Mississippi John Hurt.

  1. "Curtains" – 0:57
  2. "Change of Time" – 4:04
  3. "The Curse" – 5:03
  4. "Southern Pacifica" – 4:24
  5. "Rattling Locks" – 4:25
  6. "Folk Bloodbath" – 5:16
  7. "Lark" – 3:04
  8. "Lantern" – 5:15
  9. "The Remnant" – 3:56
  10. "See How Man Was Made" – 3:26
  11. "Another New World" – 7:34
  12. "Orbital" – 3:29
  13. "Long Shadows" – 2:20

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Irish Independent Albums Chart [22] 1
US Billboard 200 Albums Chart [23] 41
US Billboard Folk Albums Chart [24] 1

Personnel

Musicians

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ Josh Ritter – News Archived March 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (primary source)
  2. ↑ Josh Ritter – So Runs the World Away Archived February 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (primary source)
  3. ↑ Josh Ritter – Music accessed 7 April 2010 Archived April 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (primary source)
  4. ↑ "Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Act 3. Scene II". Online-literature.com.
  5. ↑ Barnes & Noble – Josh Ritter – So Runs the World Away (primary source)
  6. ↑ "Reviews for So Runs The World Away by Josh Ritter". Metacritic . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  7. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "So Runs the World Away – Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  8. ↑ Lane, Rob (August 24, 2010). "Josh Ritter - So Runs the World Away". Drowned in Sound . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  9. ↑ Hann, Michael (April 29, 2010). "The Guardian review". Theguardian.com. London.
  10. ↑ Ritter has taken his time delivering album number five after stepping back from a period of writer's block. So Runs The World Away suggests every artist should have such problems, Ritter's most freewheeling album flitting between waltzes with Egyptian pharaohs to the tongue-in-cheek murder ballad Folk Bloodbath. [Sep 2010, p.92]
  11. ↑ Woginrich, Jenna (May 5, 2010). "Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away". Paste . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  12. ↑ Langager, Ross (April 29, 2010). "Josh Ritter: So Runs the World Away". PopMatters . Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  13. ↑ Wordy troubadour's sixth and finest effort. [Sept. 2010, p. 118]
  14. ↑ "Spin Magazine review". Spin.com. May 4, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away (album review)". Sputnikmusic.com.
  16. ↑ So Runs The World Away is vivid, artful, expressive and more besides. [Sep 2010, p.100]
  17. ↑ Stephen King on the Kindle and the iPad, Larryfire.wordpress.com, April 5, 2010, accessed April 17, 2010
  18. ↑ "Hot Press launches Josh Ritter week". Hotpress.com.
  19. ↑ "Review: Josh Ritter – So Runs The World Away". Innermedia.wordpress.com. April 23, 2010.
  20. ↑
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ "Top 10 Independent Artist Albums, Week Ending 29 April 2010". Chart-Track . GfK. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  23. ↑ Billboard 200. Billboard . Retrieved May 16, 2010,.
  24. ↑ Billboard Folk Albums. Billboard . Retrieved May 16, 2010,.
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