Wilderness Heart

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Wilderness Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2010
Genre Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock
Length42:49
Label Jagjaguwar
Producer Black Mountain
Black Mountain chronology
In the Future
(2008)
Wilderness Heart
(2010)
IV
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
One Thirty BPM 75% [2]
Pitchfork Media 7.4/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Wilderness Heart is the third studio album by Black Mountain, released on September 14, 2010. [5]

Contents

The album received a nod from Exclaim! magazine as the No. 18 Pop & Rock Album of 2010. [6] The album was also named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize. [7]

Usage in media

The single "Let Spirits Ride", was featured on the soundtrack of the game Saints Row: The Third

The song “The Hair Song [8] ” was played over the end credits in second season of LetterKenny for episode five, “Uncle Eddie’s Trust”.

Track listing

All songs written by Stephen McBean.

  1. "The Hair Song" - 3:54
  2. "Old Fangs" - 4:01
  3. "Radiant Hearts" - 3:52
  4. "Rollercoaster" - 5:15
  5. "Let Spirits Ride" - 4:20
  6. "Buried by the Blues" - 4:02
  7. "The Way to Gone" - 4:03
  8. "Wilderness Heart" - 3:58
  9. "The Space of Your Mind" - 4:14
  10. "Sadie" - 5:10

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [9] 110
German Newcomer Chart [10] 11

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References

  1. Wilderness Heart at AllMusic
  2. Ritter, Max (November 2, 2010). "Album Review: Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. Pitchfork review
  4. Rolling Stone review
  5. "Black Mountain Announce New Album". Pitchfork . 8 June 2010.
  6. "Pop & Rock Year in Review". Exclaim! .
  7. "2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine . aux.tv, June 16, 2011.
  8. https://www.tunefind.com/show/letterkenny/season-2/39954
  9. "Tops : Noah et Sardou toujours en tête" (in French). Chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  10. "GFK Entertainment - Newcomer-Charts: Hanauer Band feiert besten Neueinstieg".