The Bible (album)

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The Bible
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Studio album by
Lambchop
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)
Length49:48
Label Merge
Lambchop chronology
Showtunes
(2021)		The Bible
(2022)
Singles from The Bible
  1. "Police Dog Blues"
    Released: June 16, 2022
  2. "So There"
    Released: August 9, 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Beats Per Minute 80% [4]
God Is in the TV 9/10 [5]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [6]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Paste 7.8/10 [8]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [9]
Uncut 9/10 [10]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Bible is the sixteenth studio album by American band Lambchop. It was released on September 30, 2022, by Merge Records. [12]

Contents

Background

On June 16, 2022, Lambchop announced the release of their sixteenth studio album, along with the first single "Police Dog Blues". [13] The music video, directed by Isaac Gale, features as animated clip using the Unreal Engine program. [14]

The second single "So There" was released on August 9, 2022. [15]

Critical reception

The Bible was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 83, based on 12 reviews. [1]

Writing for Beats Per Minute , Joshua Pickard said: "The Bible is undoubtably one of Lambchop's most mature records, but it is also one of their most honest, most unguarded in its emotional and historical perspectives." [4]

Track listing

The Bible track listing
No.TitleLength
1."His Song Is Sung"5:28
2."Little Black Boxes"4:43
3."Daisy"5:14
4."Whatever, Mortal"4:21
5."A Major Minor Drag"5:52
6."Police Dog Blues"5:56
7."Dylan at the Mousetrap"4:02
8."Every Child Begins the World Again"3:44
9."So There"5:20
10."That's Music"5:08

Charts

Chart performance for The Bible
Chart (2022)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 78
Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] 27
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 78
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 12

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  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. The Bible at AllMusic. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Lee (October 1, 2022). "American Songwriter Review". American Songwriter . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Pickard, Joshua (September 30, 2022). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ Godley, Simon (September 27, 2022). "God Is in the TV Review". God Is in the TV . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ↑ Oinonen, Jamie (September 30, 2022). "The Line of Best Fit Review". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ Murphy, John (September 28, 2022). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  8. ↑ Probst, Jack (September 29, 2022). "Lambchop Sound Rejuvenated on Their 16th Record, The Bible". Paste . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Goldner, Sam (October 3, 2022). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ Dylan Wray, Daniel (October 2022). "Uncut Magazine". Uncut . p. 22. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  11. ↑ Moody, Mark (October 4, 2022). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  12. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (June 16, 2022). "Lambchop Announce New Album The Bible, Share New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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  15. ↑ Arnone, Joey (August 9, 2022). "Lambchop shares video for new single". Under the Radar . Retrieved April 29, 2023.
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