The Most Lamentable Tragedy

The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Studio album by Titus Andronicus
Released July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)
Recorded Sept. 1, 2014 - Feb. 16, 2015
Genre
Length 92:36
Label Merge
Producer Kevin McMahon & Adam Reich
Titus Andronicus chronology
Local Business
(2012)Local Business2012		 The Most Lamentable Tragedy
(2015)		 A Productive Cough
(2018)A Productive Cough2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork(8.1/10)[4]
Consequence of Sound(A)[5]
Paste(9.1/10)[6]
Exclaim!(9/10)[7]
The Guardian[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]
RevCutt10/10[9]
Spin8/10[10]

The Most Lamentable Tragedy is the fourth studio album by New Jersey punk rock band Titus Andronicus, released on July 28, 2015, through Merge Records. It is a rock opera in five acts that follows "Our Hero," a man who is visited by his doppelganger and goes through considerable life experiences and dream sequences, all acting as a metaphor for manic depression.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, TMLT has received an average score of 79, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Tiny Mix Tapes gave it a perfect 10/10, saying "TMLT feels like the Titus Andronicus record par excellence, it pushes and shoves at the boundaries of what such a record could or should conceivably sound like," while Pitchfork Media noted, "A 29-track, 93-minute rock opera that immediately restored their claims to outsized ambition, as only a 29-track, 93-minute rock opera might."

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #17[11]
American Songwriter The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #24[12]
Consequence of Sound The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #9[13]
Spin (magazine) The 50 Best Albums of 2015 2015 #32[14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Patrick Stickles and arranged by Titus Andronicus except "I Lost My Mind (DJ)" by Daniel Johnston, "A Pair of Brown Eyes" by Shane MacGowan and Auld Lang Syne (traditional).

Act I: Set Aside or Miserable and Water-Buried
No.TitleLength
1."The Angry Hour"1:42
2."No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant"4:53
3."Stranded (On My Own)"4:24
4."Lonely Boy"5:21
5."I Lost My Mind (+@ )"4:18
6."Look Alive"0:33
Act II: Beside Himself
No.TitleLength
7."The Magic Morning"1:00
8."Lookalike"0:48
9."I Lost My Mind (DJ)"1:36
10."Mr. E. Mann"3:49
11."Fired Up"4:05
12."Dimed Out"2:57
13."More Perfect Union"9:39
14."[ intermission ]"1:17
Act III: Down by the Seaside
No.TitleLength
15."Sun Salutation"0:55
16."(S)HE SAID / (S)HE SAID"9:11
17."Funny Feeling"3:24
18."Fatal Flaw"3:27
19."Please"1:14
Act IV: The Other Side or A Midsummer Night's Dream
No.TitleLength
20."Come On, Siobhán"3:43
21."A Pair of Brown Eyes"3:16
22."Auld Lang Syne"1:46
23."I’m Going Insane (Finish Him)"1:58
Act V: Decide
No.TitleLength
24."The Fall"0:47
25."Into the Void (Filler)"4:36
26."No Future Part V: In Endless Dreaming"4:40
27."[ seven seconds ]"0:07
28."Stable Boy"6:52
29."A Moral"0:30
Total length:92:36

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[15] 164

Personnel

Titus Andronicus

  • Eric Harm - Drums, Vocals
  • Jonah Maurer - Guitar
  • Adam Reich - Lead Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Organ, Mandolin, Glockenspiel
  • Patrick Stickles - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Electronics, Chord organ, Harmonica, Glockenspiel
  • Julian Veronesi - Bass Guitar, Vocals

Additional musicians

  • Yoni David - Percussion
  • Elio DeLuca - Piano, Organ, Electric Piano
  • Owen Pallett - Violin, Viola
  • Ryan Weisheit - Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
  • Alex Levine, Carrie-Anne Murphy, Catherine Herrick, Matthew Miller, R.J. Gordon, Ryan Levine - Vocals

References

  1. 1 2 Petridis, Alexis (2015-07-23). "Titus Andronicus: The Most Lamentable Tragedy review – sprawling, wearying punk concept album | Music | The Guardian". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
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  3. ↑ "Reviews for The Most Lamentable Tragedy by Titus Andronicus - Metacritic". Apps.metacritic.com. 2015-07-28. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Jeremy (2015-07-27). "Titus Andronicus: The Most Lamentable Tragedy | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Collin (2015-07-22). "Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy | Album Reviews | Consequence of Sound". Consequenceofsound.net. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  6. ↑ Hayden, Mack (2015-07-21). "Titus Andronicus: The Most Lamentable Tragedy Review :: Music :: Reviews :: Paste". Wolfgang's Vault. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  7. ↑ Williams, Matt (2015-07-22). "Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  8. ↑ Roylance, Ben (2015-07-27). "Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy | Music Review | Tiny Mix Tapes". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  9. ↑ Powell, Michael (2015-07-28). "Review: Titus Andronicus – The Most Lamentable Tragedy | RevCutt". RevCutt. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  10. ↑ Leas, Ryan (2015-07-27). "Review: Review: Titus Andronicus Make the Excessive Impressive on 'The Most Lamentable Tragedy' | Spin". Spin. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  11. ↑ "The 50 Best Albums Of 2015". stereogum.com. 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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  15. ↑ "Titus Andronicus Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
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