Wild Mountain Nation
Wild Mountain Nation is the third studio album by Blitzen Trapper. The album was honored as "Best New Music" by Pitchfork, receiving a rating of 8.5 out of 10.[2]
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| Released | June 12, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative country | |||
| Length | 33:43 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 link |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.5/10.0[2] |
| Robert Christgau | A-[3] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[4] |
Sub Pop Records describes the album as such:
From outerspace to down at the farm, campfire singalong to dystopic atonal deconstruction, Wild Mountain Nation presents a raucous and varied constellation of favorite souvenirs from the Trapper musical adventures. Brought forth in a spasm of creative mania, Nation is rough-hewn but lush, crackling (sometimes audibly) with a weird and lucid energy. The album was recorded and arranged by the band themselves, using a dizzying variety of techniques and media, including a secret process learned from friendly extraterrestrials. As always, though, the group’s trusty four-track was used to capture the “soul”, “essence”, or “kernel” of each song, which was then buried in a rich humus of articulation, embellishment, and attenuation, so that after the summer a nutritious, colorful variety of fresh music was drooping from the vine (so to speak). A rich harvest: dusty bones, sunrise, Philip K Dick, Guernica, barley wine, sycamore or doug fir, snowflake, Sally Mack’s School of Dance, Scooby-Doo, bigfoot.[5]
Track listing
All songs written by Eric Earley.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Devil's A-Go-Go" | 3:02 |
| 2. | "Wild Mountain Nation" | 2:42 |
| 3. | "Futures & Folly" | 2:14 |
| 4. | "Miss Spiritual Tramp" | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Woof & Warp of the Quiet Giant's Hem" | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Sci-Fi Kid" | 3:04 |
| 7. | "Wild Mtn. Jam" | 1:05 |
| 8. | "Hot Tip/Tough Cub" | 3:27 |
| 9. | "The Green King Sings" | 3:16 |
| 10. | "Summer Town" | 2:24 |
| 11. | "Murder Babe" | 2:51 |
| 12. | "Country Caravan" | 2:04 |
| 13. | "Badger's Black Brigade" | 1:47 |
References
- Whitman, Andy. "Wild Mountain Nation - Blitzen Trapper". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- "Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- Christgau, Robert. "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Womack, Tyler. "Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- "Sub Pop Records". Retrieved 2012-03-15.