Natural (The Mekons album)

Natural is an album by the Mekons.[10][11] It was released on 21 August 2007 by Quarterstick Records.[12]

Natural
Studio album by
the Mekons
Released21 August 2007
GenrePost-punk, alternative country
Length46:15
LabelQuarterstick Records[1]
The Mekons chronology
Punk Rock
(2004)		 Natural
(2007)		 Ancient and Modern 1911-2011
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77%[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB−[4]
Robert ChristgauB+[5]
musicOMH[6]
Pitchfork Media7.9/10[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes[9]

Production

The album was recorded in four days in the Lake District, England, the band's first album to be recorded in their homeland in 16 years.[13] Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford were the only original Mekons to play on the album.[14]

Critical reception

PopMatters wrote that the band "turn the volume down, break out the wooden instruments and craft haunting, bone-clinking songs about mortality."[12] Spin wrote that the Mekons are "at their red-eyed best here, skirting the edges of chaos on ragged-but-right tunes like the harmonica-fueled tall tale 'The Old Fox' and the fractured reggae shuffle 'Cockermouth.'”[15] Exclaim! called Natural "a stirring folk punk record that recalls the organic eclecticism of the Clash's Sandinista!"[14]

Track listing
  1. "Dark Dark Dark" – 4:57
  2. "Dickie Chalkie and Nobby" – 3:05
  3. "The Old Fox" – 3:50
  4. "White Stone Door" – 3:58
  5. "Shocking Curse Bird" – 2:41
  6. "Give Me Wine or Money" – 3:19
  7. "Diamonds" – 4:06
  8. "Burning in the Desert Burning" – 3:44
  9. "The Hope and the Anchor" – 3:36
  10. "Cockermouth" – 5:03
  11. "Zeroes and Ones" – 3:47
  12. "Perfect Mirror" – 4:19
  13. "Old Fox Lu Version" (mp3 only bonus track)

References
  1. "Natural | Mekons | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
  2. "Natural by Mekons" – via www.metacritic.com.
  3. "Natural - The Mekons | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. "Mekons: Natural". Music.
  5. "Robert Christgau: Album: The Mekons: Natural". robertchristgau.com.
  6. "Mekons - Natural | Album Reviews". 19 August 2007.
  7. "Mekons: Natural". Pitchfork.
  8. "The Mekons: Natural : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". 14 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
  9. "Music Review: Mekons - Natural". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  10. "The Mekons | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  11. "At 30, Mekons still making believers out of doubters". chicagotribune.com.
  12. "The Mekons: Natural". PopMatters. 22 August 2007.
  13. "Natural's in it: The Mekons celebrate 30 years". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  14. "Mekons Natural". exclaim.ca.
  15. "Mekons, 'Natural' (Quarterstick)". Spin. 26 September 2007.


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