The Horizon Just Laughed is the thirteenth studio album by American rock musician Damien Jurado. It was released on May 4, 2018, by Secretly Canadian.[1]

Release

On March 9, 2018, Jurado announced the release of his new album, along with the single "Over Rainbows And Ranier".[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Exclaim!(8/10)[5]
The Line of Best Fit(8/10)[7]
Pitchfork(8/10)[6]

The Horizon Just Laughed was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81 based on 11 reviews.[3] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 80 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damien Jurado

No.TitleLength
1."Allocate"4:43
2."Dear Thomas Wolfe"3:18
3."Percy Faith"2:57
4."Over Rainbows and Rainier"4:10
5."The Last Great Washington State"6:20
6."Cindy Lee"0:54
7."1973"2:53
8."Marvin Kaplan"3:04
9."Lou-Jean"3:49
10."Florence-Jean"2:26
11."Random Fearless"2:45

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9]35
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10]8

References

  1. ^ "Secretly Canadian". Secretly Canadian. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Day, Laurence (March 9, 2018). "Damien Jurado announces new album and reveals first single "Over Rainbows And Rainier"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The Horizon Just Laughed by Damien Jurado". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Donelson, Marcy. "The Horizon Just Laughed - Damien Jurado". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Fenech, Zach (May 1, 2018). "Damien Jurado The Horizon Just Laughed". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Currin, Grayson Haver (May 10, 2018). "Damien Jurado: The Horizon Just Laughed". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Oinonem, Jane (April 26, 2018). "The Horizon Just Laughed - Damien Jurado". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  9. ^ "Damien Jurado Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Damien Jurado Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
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