Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird

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Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
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EP by
Released6 September 2010 (2010-09-06)
Genre Folk
Length17:20
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Kristian Matsson
The Tallest Man on Earth chronology
The Wild Hunt
(2010)
Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
(2010)
There's No Leaving Now
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10 [1]
Metacritic 84/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club A− [5]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
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.

Contents

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kristian Matsson

No.TitleLength
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

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 5
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 47

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