Still Life (Kevin Morby album)

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Still Life
Still Life, Kevin Morby.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2014
RecordedMarch–June 2014
Genre Indie rock
Length42:57
Label Woodsist
Producer Rob Barbato
Kevin Morby chronology
Harlem River
(2013)
Still Life
(2014)
Singing Saw
(2016)

Still Life is the second studio album by American indie rock musician Kevin Morby, released on October 14, 2014, by Woodsist Records. The album's title and cover were taken from an art piece by Maynard Monrow titled "Still Life with the Rejects from the Land of Misfit Toys". [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [3]
Wondering Sound 7/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound B− [5]
Soundblab80% [6]

Still Life received wide acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 7 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track list

All songs written by Kevin Morby. [1]

No.TitleLength
1."The Jester, The Tramp & The Acrobat"4:21
2."The Ballad of Arlo Jones"2:46
3."Motors Running"3:21
4."All of My Life"3:30
5."Drowning"5:19
6."Bloodsucker"4:25
7."Parade"5:25
8."Dancer"3:04
9."Amen"7:55
10."Our Moon"2:51
Total length:42:57

Personnel

Musicians
Production and artwork

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References

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