Get Lonely

Get Lonely
Get Lonely
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	August 21, 2006
Genre	Folk rock; indie rock;
Length	42:36
Label	4AD
Producer	Scott Solter
The Mountain Goats chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Blender	^[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
Mojo	^[6]
Pitchfork	7.6/10^[7]
Q	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Spin	^[10]
Uncut	^[11]

Get Lonely is the tenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released in the UK on August 21, 2006 on 4AD. It was released in the US on the following day, August 22, and in Japan on December 6, 2006. It peaked at #193 on the Billboard top 200 album chart.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by John Darnielle, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild Sage"	4:13
2.	"New Monster Avenue"	3:38
3.	"Half Dead"	3:26
4.	"Get Lonely"	3:50
5.	"Maybe Sprout Wings"	2:46
6.	"Moon Over Goldsboro"	5:02
7.	"In the Hidden Places"	4:21
8.	"Song for Lonely Giants"	3:10
9.	"Woke Up New"	2:57
10.	"If You See Light"	1:58
11.	"Cobra Tattoo"	3:10
12.	"In Corolla" (John Darnielle, Franklin Bruno)	4:05
Total length:		42:36

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Naming Day"	3:11
14.	"They Are Stone Swallowers"	3:08
15.	"Keeping House"	2:38
Total length:		51:33

Personnel[edit]

John Darnielle - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Peter Hughes - bass, percussion, vibraphone
Franklin Bruno - piano, organ, horn arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Corey Fogel - drums
Erik Friedlander - cello, string arrangements
Gene Baker - trumpet
Jen Baker - trombone
Scott Solter - percussion, vibraphone, "landscapes", production
Aaron Prellwitz - engineering
Timin Murray - engineering

References[edit]

^ "Get Lonely by The Mountain Goats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "Get Lonely – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ Dolan, Jon. "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Blender. Archived from the original on October 19, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ Cruz, Gilbert (August 25, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Entertainment Weekly. No. 893. p. 87.
^ Simpson, Dave (August 18, 2006). "The Mountain Goats, Get Lonely". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Mojo. No. 155. October 2006. p. 103.
^ Breihan, Tom (August 24, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Q. No. 242. September 2006. p. 109.
^ Hoard, Christian (August 21, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ Gross, Joe (September 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 9. p. 108. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Uncut. No. 112. September 2006. p. 91.

External links[edit]

Get Lonely at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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[1] "Get Lonely by The Mountain Goats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[2] Hoffman, K. Ross. "Get Lonely – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[3] Dolan, Jon. "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Blender. Archived from the original on October 19, 2006. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[4] Cruz, Gilbert (August 25, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Entertainment Weekly. No. 893. p. 87.

[5] Simpson, Dave (August 18, 2006). "The Mountain Goats, Get Lonely". The Guardian. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[6] "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Mojo. No. 155. October 2006. p. 103.

[7] Breihan, Tom (August 24, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[8] "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Q. No. 242. September 2006. p. 109.

[9] Hoard, Christian (August 21, 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 2, 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[10] Gross, Joe (September 2006). "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Spin. Vol. 22, no. 9. p. 108. Retrieved February 27, 2021.

[11] "The Mountain Goats: Get Lonely". Uncut. No. 112. September 2006. p. 91.

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v t e The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster Matt Douglas
Albums	Zopilote Machine Sweden Nothing for Juice Full Force Galesburg The Coroner's Gambit All Hail West Texas Tallahassee We Shall All Be Healed The Sunset Tree Get Lonely Heretic Pride The Life of the World to Come All Eternals Deck Transcendental Youth Beat the Champ Goths In League with Dragons Songs for Pierre Chuvin Getting Into Knives Dark in Here Bleed Out Jenny from Thebes
Released demos	Come, Come To The Sunset Tree Heretic Pride Demos The Life of the World in Flux All Survivors Pack
Cassette releases	Taboo VI: The Homecoming The Hound Chronicles Transmissions to Horace Hot Garden Stomp Taking the Dative Yam, the King of Crops
EPs and singles	Songs for Petronius Chile de Árbol Beautiful Rat Sunset Philyra Songs for Peter Hughes Songs About Fire Nine Black Poppies New Asian Cinema Isopanisad Radio Hour On Juhu Beach Devil in the Shortwave Jam Eater Blues See America Right Palmcorder Yajna Letter from Belgium Dilaudid EP Babylon Springs EP Satanic Messiah Hex of Infinite Binding
Individual songs	"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" "No Children" "Sax Rohmer #1"
Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Black Pear Tree (with Kaki King) Moon Colony Bloodbath (with John Vanderslice)
Compilation albums	Protein Source of the Future...Now! Bitter Melon Farm Ghana The Hound Chronicles/Hot Garden Stomp
Unreleased	Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg Jack and Faye
Former collaborators	Franklin Bruno Richard Colburn Nora Danielson Lalitree Darnielle Alex Decarville Maggie Doyle Alastair Galbraith Erik Friedlander Christopher McGuire Scott Solter John Vanderslice Rachel Ware
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