Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird | ||||
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Released | 6 September 2010 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 17:20 | |||
Label | Dead Oceans | |||
Producer | Kristian Matsson | |||
The Tallest Man on Earth chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.9/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 84/100 [2] |
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The A.V. Club | A− [5] |
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Paste | 9.1/10 [7] |
Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [8] |
PopMatters | 8/10 [9] |
Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird is an EP by Swedish musician The Tallest Man on Earth. It was released on 6 September 2010 by Dead Oceans.
It marks one of Kristian Matsson's first incorporations of electric guitar sound, on "The Dreamer". "Like the Wheel" appears as a bonus track on his 2010 album The Wild Hunt , rewritten to include nothing but piano and vocals.
All tracks are written by Kristian Matsson.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Little River" | 3:46 |
2. | "The Dreamer" | 4:06 |
3. | "Like the Wheel" | 3:28 |
4. | "Tangle in This Trampled Wheat" | 3:03 |
5. | "Thrown Right at Me" | 2:59 |
Total length: | 17:20 |
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] | 8 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] | 5 |
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] | 47 |
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