There's No Leaving Now

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There's No Leaving Now
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Studio album by
Released11 June 2012 (2012-06-11)
Genre Folk
Length38:57
LanguageEnglish
Label Dead Oceans
Producer Kristian Matsson
The Tallest Man on Earth chronology
The Wild Hunt
(2010)
There's No Leaving Now
(2012)
Dark Bird Is Home
(2015)
Singles from There's No Leaving Now
  1. "1904"
    Released: 15 May 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B [3]
Clash 8/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound C− [5]
Crackle Feedback 6/10 [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Paste 6.4/10 [8]
Pitchfork Media 7.1/10 [9]
Spin 8/10 [10]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svgTMT empty.svgTMT empty.svg [11]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

There's No Leaving Now is the third studio album by Swedish folk artist The Tallest Man on Earth, released on 11 June 2012 on Dead Oceans. The album was preceded by the single "1904", released as a digital download on 15 May 2012. [13] The track was also made available as a free download on Rolling Stone's official website. [14]

Contents

Background

The album was recorded during a five-month-long session in Kristian Matsson's home, where he lived with his then wife Amanda Hollingby Matsson. [14] The release of the album was announced in March 2012, together with the record's track list and artwork. [15] During an interview released to American magazine Rolling Stone , Matsson explained the sound of There's No Leaving Now: [14]

"I wanted to build something that didn't sound like a rock band, but wasn't super minimalistic. I wanted a sound that had that brittle [quality], that feeling that it might just fall apart."

Lyrically, the album is focused on the willingness to confront and deal with your own weaknesses, as opposed to the theme of running away, which was recurring on his previous works. [16]

Commercial performance

The album debuted in the United States at No. 14 on Top Rock Albums, No. 2 on Folk Albums, and No. 35 on Billboard 200, with 12,000 sold in its first week. [17] The album has sold 58,000 copies in the US as of May 2015. [18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kristian Matsson

No.TitleLength
1."To Just Grow Away"3:17
2."Revelation Blues"3:43
3."Leading Me Now"3:24
4."1904"3:59
5."Bright Lanterns"3:41
6."There's No Leaving Now"4:29
7."Wind and Walls"4:09
8."Little Brother"3:56
9."Criminals"3:29
10."On Every Page"4:50
Total length:38:57

Personnel

Musicians
Recording personnel
Artwork

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) [19] 74
Canadian Albums Chart [20] 37
Dutch Albums Chart [21] 40
Swedish Albums Chart [22] 14
UK Independent Albums Chart [23] 13
UK Indie Breakers Albums Chart [24] 1
US Billboard 200 [25] 35
US Rock Albums [26] 14
US Independent Albums [27] 6
US Folk Albums [28] 2

Release history

RegionRelease dateFormatLabel
Italy [29] 11 June 2012Download Dead Oceans
United Kingdom [30] 11 June 2012CD, download
United States [30] 12 June 2012
Sweden [31] 13 June 2012Gravitation, Border
Italy [32] [33] 26 June 2012LP, CDDead Oceans

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