The Runners Four

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The Runners Four
Deerhoof-runnersfour.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005
Genre
Length56:01
Label
Producer Deerhoof
Deerhoof chronology
Green Cosmos
(2005)
The Runners Four
(2005)
Untitled Deerhoof EP
(2006)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B [5]
Houston Chronicle 4/5 [6]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 7/10 [9]
Pitchfork 9.0/10 [1]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin B+ [11]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

The Runners Four is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Deerhoof, released on October 11, 2005 by Kill Rock Stars, ATP Recordings and 5 Rue Christine. A vinyl edition with a different cover was released by the label Children of Hoof.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Deerhoof

No.TitleLength
1."Chatterboxes"2:32
2."Twin Killers"2:16
3."Running Thoughts"3:45
4."Vivid Cheek Love Song"2:14
5."O'Malley, Former Underdog"2:16
6."Odyssey"2:55
7."Wrong Time Capsule"2:52
8."Spirit Ditties of No Tone"4:07
9."Scream Team"2:40
10."You Can See"3:20
11."Midnight Bicycle Mystery"1:59
12."After Me the Deluge"3:59
13."Siriustar"4:37
14."Lemon and Little Lemon"2:04
15."Lightning Rod, Run"2:15
16."Bone-Dry"2:15
17."News from a Bird"1:23
18."Spy on You"2:12
19."You're Our Two"2:24
20."Rrrrrrright"3:57
Total length:56:01

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [13] 50
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [14] 46

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