Magic Ship

Magic Ship
Studio album by
Mountain Man
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2018 (2018-09-21)
LabelNonesuch Records (Worldwide)
Bella Union (US)
Mountain Man chronology
Made the Harbor
(2010) 		Magic Ship
(2018) 		Look at Me Don't Look at Me
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
Pitchfork7.6/10[4]

Magic Ship is the second studio album by American folk trio Mountain Man. It was released on September 21, 2018 under Bella Union in Europe and Nonesuch Records worldwide.[5]

Critical reception

Magic Ship was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 73, based on 8 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.[6]

James Christopher Monger from AllMusic explained: "Magic Ship delivers a listening experience that's akin to eavesdropping. So unadorned are these largely a cappella songs, both on the production and execution side of the sonic equation, that it feels a bit like somebody stuck a microphone through a cracked door and caught Sarle, Sauser-Monnig, and Meath unaware."[2]

Accolades

Accolades for Magic Ship
Publication Accolade Rank
Drift Records Drift Records' Top 100 Albums of 2018
96[7]
PopMatters PopMatters' Top 20 Folk Albums of 2018
20[8]

Track listing

Magic Ship track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Window"0:55
2."AGT"2:17
3."Baby Where You Are"2:49
4."Rang Tang Ring Toon"3:29
5."Stella"1:53
6."Blue Mountain"2:22
7."Moon"3:53
8."Boat"2:10
9."Whale Song"2:48
10."Fish"3:14
11."Underwear"1:41
12."Slow Wake Up Sunday Morning"4:10
13."Bright Morning Stars"2:41
14."Guilt"0:55

Charts

Chart performance for Magic Ship
Chart (2018) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] 12

Personnel

  • Amelia Meath – vocals
  • Molly Sarlé – guitar, vocals
  • Alexandra Sauser-Monnig – guitar, vocals

Release history

Region Date Format Label Catalogue
Worldwide September 21, 2018
Nonesuch Records[10] 571939-1
UK/Europe Bella Union[11] BELLA822V

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Christopher Monger, James. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Stanley, Laura (September 19, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Wicks, Amanda (September 22, 2018). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Kim, Michelle (August 9, 2018). "Mountain Man Announce First New Album in 8 Years". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "Drift's Albums of the Year 2018". Album of the Year. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  8. ^ Frahm, Jonathan (November 27, 2018). "The 20 Best Folk Albums of 2018". PopMatters. Archived from the original on September 5, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  9. ^ "Mountain Man Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  10. ^ "Magic Ship - Nonesuch Records". Nonesuch Records. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  11. ^ "Mountain Man Return with new album". Bella Union. Archived from the original on September 24, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.