Straight Songs of Sorrow | ||||
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Released | May 8, 2020 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 60:11 | |||
Label | Heavenly Recordings | |||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 81/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Clash | 8/10 [4] |
Classic Rock | [5] |
The Irish Times | [6] |
NME | [7] |
Record Collector | [8] |
The Telegraph | [9] |
Straight Songs of Sorrow is the twelfth and final studio album by American singer Mark Lanegan. It was released through Heavenly Recordings on May 8, 2020. [10] The album was inspired by writing his memoir Sing Backwards and Weep, which was published April 28, 2020. It's his first solo album credited to simply Mark Lanegan, as opposed to Mark Lanegan Band, since 2013's Imitations , and the first one credited to Mark Lanegan that doesn't feature former collaborator Mike Johnson.
All tracks are written by Mark Lanegan, [11] except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Wouldn't Want to Say" | 5:46 | |
2. | "Apples from a Tree" | Lanegan, Mark Morton | 1:55 |
3. | "This Game of Love" | 4:48 | |
4. | "Ketamine" | 2:40 | |
5. | "Bleed All Over" | 3:35 | |
6. | "Churchbells, Ghosts" | 4:53 | |
7. | "Internal Hourglass Discussion" | 3:49 | |
8. | "Stockholm City Blues" | 3:38 | |
9. | "Skeleton Key" | 7:05 | |
10. | "Daylight in the Nocturnal House" | 3:05 | |
11. | "Ballad of a Dying Rover" | 4:36 | |
12. | "Hanging On (For DRC)" | Lanegan, Morton | 2:09 |
13. | "Burying Ground" | Shelley Brien, Lanegan | 4:46 |
14. | "At Zero Below" | 4:40 | |
15. | "Eden Lost and Found" | Brien, Lanegan | 2:46 |
Total length: | 1:00:11 |
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