| The Mountain Will Fall | ||||
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| Released | June 24, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Instrumental hip hop, electronic | |||
| Length | 49:37 | |||
| Label | Mass Appeal | |||
| Producer | DJ Shadow | |||
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The Mountain Will Fall is the fifth studio album by American music producer DJ Shadow. It was released on June 24, 2016 by Mass Appeal Records. [1]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.2/10 [2] |
| Metacritic | 66/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| The A.V. Club | B+ [5] |
| Chicago Tribune | [6] |
| The Guardian | [7] |
| The Independent | [8] |
| NME | 2/5 [9] |
| Pitchfork | 6.6/10 [10] |
| Q | [11] |
| Spin | 7/10 [12] |
| Uncut | 7/10 [13] |
The Mountain Will Fall received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 66, based on 26 reviews. [3] Adam Workman from The National said DJ Shadow gave his "sample-heavy, largely instrumental hip-hop" music a more "ambitious scope" than on his previous records, [14] while Spin journalist Brian Josephs believed his "brisk electronic direction" contributed to a coherence that was missing on The Outsider (2006) and The Less You Know, the Better (2011). [12] Exclaim! 's Daryl Keating said "he still has the chops to cut a good record when he's not doing a complete gear change and then turning down the wrong road at full speed." [15] Robert Christgau gave The Mountain Will Fall a three-star honorable mention in his column for Vice , deeming it DJ Shadow's best album since The Private Press (2002) but "a sound effects record by comparison, heavy on first-rate texture, rumble, and of course beats"; he named "Nobody Speak", "Mambo", and the title track as highlights. [16]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Mountain Will Fall" | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Nobody Speak" (featuring Run the Jewels) | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Three Ralphs" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Bergschrund" (featuring Nils Frahm) | 4:10 |
| 5. | "The Sideshow" (featuring Ernie Fresh) | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Depth Charge" | 4:53 |
| 7. | "Mambo" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Ashes to Oceans" (featuring Matthew Halsall) | 6:16 |
| 9. | "Pitter Patter" (featuring G Jones and Bleep Bloop) | 3:24 |
| 10. | "California" | 4:29 |
| 11. | "Ghost Town" | 3:51 |
| 12. | "Suicide Pact" | 4:36 |
| Total length: | 49:37 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Swerve" | 3:12 |
| Total length: | 52:49 | |
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [18] | 31 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] | 41 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] | 21 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] | 75 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] | 81 |
| French Albums (SNEP) [23] | 106 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] | 57 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA) [25] | 65 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [26] | 3 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] | 23 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [28] | 19 |
| US Billboard 200 [29] | 77 |
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [30] | 1 |
| Chart (2016) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [31] | 18 |
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