Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood

Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
Studio album by Sun Kil Moon
Released February 17, 2017[1]
Recorded August 2016
Genre
Length 129:48
Label Caldo Verde
Sun Kil Moon chronology
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
(2016)		 Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
(2017)		 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth
(2017)

Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood is the eighth studio album by the American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, self-produced by primary recording artist Mark Kozelek and released on 17 February 2017 on Caldo Verde Records.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic65/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork6.5/10[5]

Upon its release, Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album currently holds an average score of 65, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

In a positive review for Chorus.fm, Aaron Mook writes, "Common as Light and Love is strange and flawed and beautiful all at once, sometimes all within the span of one eight-minute song," concluding, "regardless of general spottiness, Kozelek is still capable of creating moments of true beauty and unique insight."

Track listing

Disc One
No.TitleLength
1."God Bless Ohio"10:36
2."Chili Lemon Peanuts"8:58
3."Philadelphia Cop"10:47
4."The Highway Song"7:55
5."Lone Star"9:13
6."Window Sash Weights"6:29
7."Sarah Lawrence College Song"5:13
8."Butch Lullaby"8:33
Disc Two
No.TitleLength
9."Stranger Than Paradise"12:23
10."Early June Blues"7:16
11."Bergen to Trondheim"7:49
12."I Love Portugal"7:58
13."Bastille Day"5:38
14."Vague Rock Song"7:08
15."Seventies TV Show Theme Song"7:29
16."I Love You Forever and Beyond Eternity"6:13

Personnel

  • Mark Kozelek – composer, instrumentation, photography, producer
  • Steve Shelley – drums, percussion
  • Nick Zubeck – bass guitar, composer, keyboards
  • Forrest Day – saxophone
  • Will Chason – recording, mixing
  • Nathan Winter – engineer, mixing
  • Brian Azer – design

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 157
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 190

References

  1. ↑ Monroe, Jazz (February 15, 2017). "Listen to Sun Kil Moon's New Album Common As Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Breihan, Tom (February 15, 2017). "Stream Sun Kil Moon Common As Light And Love Are Red Valleys Of Blood". Stereogum. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood by Sun Kil Moon". Metacritic. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Simpson, Paul. "Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood – Sun Kil Moon". AllMusic. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sodomsky, Sam. "Sun Kill Moon: Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sun Kil Moon – Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Sun Kil Moon – Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
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