Random Spirit Lover

Random Spirit Lover is Sunset Rubdown's third LP, released on October 9, 2007. The album marked Sunset Rubdown's change from the Absolutely Kosher Records label to the Bloomington, Indiana-based Jagjaguwar records. The album was recorded in January 2007 at Breakglass Studios in Montreal with Jace Lasek and Dave Smith.[10]

Random Spirit Lover
Studio album by
Sunset Rubdown
ReleasedOctober 9, 2007
RecordedJanuary 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length58:30
LabelJagjaguwar
Sunset Rubdown chronology
Shut Up I Am Dreaming
(2006)		 Random Spirit Lover
(2007)		 Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Filter90%[2]
Now Magazine[3]
Pitchfork Media8.5/10.0[4]
PopMatters[5]
Robert ChristgauC+[6]
Soundsect[7]
StylusA[8]
Twisted Ear[9]

The album was leaked on July 27, 2007.

The album was voted in as the 14th best album of 2007 by readers of Pitchfork, while garnering the most 1st place votes.[11]

Track listing
  1. "The Mending of the Gown" – 5:36
  2. "Magic vs. Midas" – 5:59
  3. "Up on Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days" – 4:47
  4. "The Courtesan Has Sung" – 4:31
  5. "Winged/Wicked Things" – 4:46
  6. "Colt Stands Up, Grows Horns" – 4:54
  7. "Stallion" – 6:45
  8. "For the Pier (and Dead Shimmering)" – 5:14
  9. "The Taming of the Hands That Came Back to Life" – 6:06
  10. "Setting vs. Rising" – 2:23
  11. "Trumpet, Trumpet, Toot! Toot!" – 5:28
  12. "Child-Heart Losers" – 2:01

References
  1. Random Spirit Lover at AllMusic
  2. Filter review
  3. Now Magazine review
  4. Pitchfork review
  5. PopMatters review
  6. Robert Christgau review
  7. Soundsect review
  8. Stylus Magazine review
  9. Twisted Ear review
  10. Album liner notes, pg. 10, retrieved November 20, 2007.
  11. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47707-2007-pitchfork-readers-poll Archived 2008-01-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved January 19, 2007

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