The Golden Hour (album)

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The Golden Hour
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 6, 2008
Genre Indie rock
Length56:21
Label Bloodshot
Producer Tamir Muskat
Firewater chronology
Songs We Should Have Written
(2004)
The Golden Hour
(2008)
International Orange!
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (72/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (B-) [3]
PopMatters (7/10) [4]
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The Golden Hour is the sixth album by Firewater (their fifth album of original songs), released on May 6, 2008 through Bloodshot Records.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tod Ashley

No.TitleLength
1."Borneo"3:34
2."This Is My Life"3:42
3."Some Kind of Kindness"5:11
4."Six Forty Five"5:03
5."A Place Not So Unkind"4:33
6."Paradise"4:23
7."Banghra Bros"2:38
8."Electric City"4:38
9."Hey Clown"3:35
10."Already Gone"3:59
11."Feels Like the End of the World"5:14
12."Weird to Be Back"3:48
13."Three Legged Dog"6:04

Personnel

Musicians
Additional musicians and production

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References

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