Transangelic Exodus

Transangelic Exodus
Studio album by Ezra Furman
Released	February 9, 2018 (2018-02-09) [1]
Genre	Alternative pop [2]
Length	42:15
Label	Bella Union
Ezra Furman chronology
Big Fugitive Life (2016) Transangelic Exodus (2018) Twelve Nudes (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10 [3]
Metacritic	85/100 [4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Independent	[6]
The Irish Times	[7]
Mojo	[8]
The Observer	[9]
Pitchfork	7.4/10 [10]
Q	[11]
Record Collector	[12]
Uncut	8/10 [13]
Vice	A− [14]

Transangelic Exodus is a studio album by American musician Ezra Furman. It was released in February 2018 under Bella Union. ^[1]

Track listing

Transangelic Exodus track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Suck the Blood from My Wound"	4:48
2.	"Driving Down to L.A."	3:17
3.	"God Lifts Up the Lowly"	3:48
4.	"No Place"	3:36
5.	"The Great Unknown"	2:46
6.	"Compulsive Liar"	2:44
7.	"Maraschino-Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill"	2:29
8.	"From a Beach House"	2:34
9.	"Love You So Bad"	3:38
10.	"Come Here Get Away from Me"	3:54
11.	"Peel My Orange Every Morning"	1:41
12.	"Psalm 151"	3:39
13.	"I Lost My Innocence"	3:21

To Them We’ll Always Be Freaks ^[15] (bonus album of demo and rehearsal tracks from the production of Transangelic Exodus) track listing-

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come Here Get Away From Me [Ezra solo, January 2015, apartment in Oakland CA]"	2:46
2.	"Love You So Bad [Ezra & Sam & Jamie Riotto at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco, 5-19-2016]"	3:41
3.	"Suck the Blood From My Wound [Ezra solo, unknown date 2016, Oakland]"	4:22
4.	"Love You So Bad [Ben, 10-9-2016, at his apartment in Humboldt Park, Chicago]"	3:25
5.	"Come Here Get Away From Me [Ezra & Tim, late December 2016, Studio Ballistico, Chicago]"	3:49
6.	"Driving Down to L.A. [Tim and Ezra, late December 2016, Ballistico]"	3:35
7.	"No Place [Take 1 - Ezra, Sam, Jorgen & Tim, 1-2-17, Ballistico]"	3:18
8.	"Suck the Blood From My Wound [full band, 1-5-2017, Ballistico]"	4:59
9.	"I Lost My Innocence [Ben, Ezra, Sam & Tim, 1-8-17, Ballistico]"	0:57
10.	"The Great Unknown [Ben, Ezra, Jorgen & Sam, 1-9-2017, Ballistico]"	2:49
11.	"Psalm 151 [Full band, January 2017, Ballistico]"	3:28
12.	"God Lifts Up the Lowly [Ben & Ezra, 1-18-2017, Humboldt Park]"	4:35
13.	"Compulsive Liar [Ben & Ezra, 1-18-17, Humboldt Park]"	2:42
14.	"God Lifts Up the Lowly (instrumental) [Ben, 1-18-2017, Humboldt Park]"	3:19
15.	"Driving Down to L.A. [Ben, Tim & Ezra; Ben's additions 1-19-2017, Humboldt Park]"	3:41
16.	"No Place [Ezra, Sam & Jorgen, 01-19-17, Ballistico]"	3:46
17.	"From A Beach House [Full band, late January 2017, Ballistico]"	2:16
18.	"Maraschino-Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill [Ezra, Jorgen, Sam & Tim, January/February 2017, Ballistico]"	3:04
19.	"From A Beach House [Sam & Ezra, February 2017, Los Angeles]"	2:21
20.	"No Place [Sam & Ezra, February 2017, Los Angeles]"	3:52
21.	"Peel My Orange Every Morning [Sam & Ezra, 2-7-2017, Los Angeles]"	1:50
22.	"Maraschino-Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill [Ezra & Ben, 2-15-2017, Humboldt Park]"	2:30
23.	"God Lifts Up the Lowly [Ezra solo, 3-12-17, Ballistico]"	3:33
24.	"I Lost My Innocence [Full band, 3-13-2017 (Take 1), Ballistico]"	3:14
25.	"I Lost My Innocence [Full band, 3-13-2017, Ballistico]"	3:53
26.	"Suck the Blood From My Wound [full band, unknown date 2017, Ballistico]"	3:33

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
Fopp	Top 100 Albums of 2018	44	[16]
Rough Trade	Top 100 Albums of 2018	55	[17]
Uncut Magazine	Top 75 Albums of 2018	16	[18]

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19]	45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [20]	100
UK Albums (OCC) [21]	51

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