Roots & Crowns

Roots & Crowns
Studio album by Califone
Released October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)
Recorded October 2005 – May 2006
Genre Post-rock, folk, experimental
Label Thrill Jockey (thrill 163)
Califone chronology
Everybody's Mother Vol. 1
(2005)		 Roots & Crowns
(2006)		 All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
(2009)

Roots & Crowns is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Califone. It was released on October 10, 2006 on Thrill Jockey.

The LP version of the album contains different artwork. The song "The Orchids" is a cover of the Psychic TV song of the same name.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Boston Phoenix[3]
The Irish Times[4]
Now4/5[5]
Pitchfork8.7/10[6]
Spin[7]
Stylus MagazineA−[8]
Uncut[9]

The music online magazine Pitchfork placed Roots & Crowns at number 168 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[10]

Track listing

  1. "Pink & Sour" - 4:13
  2. "Spider's House" - 3:47
  3. "Sunday Noises" - 2:50
  4. "The Eye You Lost in the Crusades" - 4:42
  5. "A Chinese Actor" - 4:18
  6. "Our Kitten Sees Ghosts" - 2:47
  7. "Alice Crawley" - 0:37
  8. "The Orchids" - 2:55
  9. "Burned by the Christians" - 3:55
  10. "Black Metal Valentine" - 6:16
  11. "Rose Petal Ear" - 2:09
  12. "3 Legged Animals" - 4:08
  13. "If You Would" - 5:43

References

  1. ↑ "Roots & Crowns by Califone". Metacritic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. ↑ Westergaard, Sean. "Roots and Crowns – Califone". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon W. (October 30, 2006). "Califone: Roots and Crowns". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Carroll, Jim (November 17, 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ Whittall, Zoe (November 16, 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)". Now. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (October 9, 2006). "Califone: Roots and Crowns". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ Modell, Josh (November 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns". Spin. 22 (11): 97. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ Gaerig, Andrew (October 11, 2006). "Califone – Roots and Crowns – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Califone: Roots and Crowns". Uncut (114): 101. November 2006.
  10. ↑ Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. p. 2. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
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