The Wild Hunt (The Tallest Man on Earth album)

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The Wild Hunt
Wildhuntcover.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 April 2010 (2010-04-13)
Genre Folk
Length34:38
Label Dead Oceans
The Tallest Man on Earth chronology
Shallow Grave
(2008)
The Wild Hunt
(2010)
Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird
(2010)

The Wild Hunt is the second studio album by Swedish folk musician The Tallest Man on Earth. It was released on 13 April 2010 by Dead Oceans.

Contents

As of 2011, the album has sold 35,524 copies in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10 [2]
Metacritic 79/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B+ [5]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 6/10 [9]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin 8/10 [12]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Critical reception for The Wild Hunt was generally positive. The album has a score of 79 out of 100 on the review aggregate website Metacritic based on reviews from 26 critics. [3]

The Wild Hunt was voted the top album of 2010 by the staff of Sputnikmusic. [14] Pitchfork placed it at number 33 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2010. [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kristian Matsson.

No.TitleLength
1."The Wild Hunt"3:22
2."Burden of Tomorrow"3:34
3."Troubles Will Be Gone"3:02
4."You're Going Back"3:05
5."The Drying of the Lawns"2:54
6."King of Spain"3:26
7."Love Is All"4:15
8."Thousand Ways"2:53
9."A Lion's Heart"3:15
10."Kids on the Run"4:52
Total length:34:38
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Like the Wheel"3:58
Total length:38:36

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 82
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 38
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 157
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [19] 30
US Billboard 200 [20] 176
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [21] 5
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [22] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [23] 27

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