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Ancient Romans (album)
2011 studio album by Sun Araw
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Ancient Romans is the fifth solo studio album by Cameron Stallones as Sun Araw.[1] It was released on Sun Ark Records and Drag City on August 23, 2011.[2]
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| Released | August 23, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Studios | Los Angeles, California, US | |||
| Length | 79:28 | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The A.V. Club | C+[5] |
| Beats Per Minute | 72/100[6] |
| Cokemachineglow | 77/100[7] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[8] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[9] |
| Spin | 8/10[10] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes |  [11] |
| Under the Radar | [12] |
| XLR8R | 8/10[13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
Paul Thompson of Pitchfork described the album as "another fever dream of dub-mottled organ grind and guitar squiggle, at once elemental and futuristic."[9] Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "Throughout the album the sense is of rough experimentation, a kind of direct curiosity in the collision of sampled loops, echoed vocals, bursting bass, and random moments."[4] Ron Hart of Blurt stated that this album along with the Eternal Tapestry collaboration Night Galley cemented Sun Araw "continu[ing] to redefine the freak-out for the digital age, leading the pack of new young mindbenders looking to rock music down paths not yet explored without fear or frenzy".[14] Adam Kivel of Consequence of Sound commented that "You can't help but move along to some of the entrancing, pulsing drones found on Ancient Romans; altogether, another epic, grandiose, striking LP from one of the best and most underrated musicians of the moment."[8]
The Wire placed the album at number 12 on the "Top 50 Releases of the Year" list.[15]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Cameron Stallones.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lucretius" | 9:07 |
| 2. | "Crown Shell" | 9:54 |
| 3. | "Crete" | 9:30 |
| 4. | "Lute and Lyre" | 7:01 |
| 5. | "At Delphi" | 11:08 |
| 6. | "Fit for Caesar" | 10:35 |
| 7. | "Trireme" | 6:39 |
| 8. | "Impluvium" | 15:35 |
| Total length: | 79:28 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
- Sun Araw – performance, engineering, mixing
- Bobb Bruno – engineering
- Matthew Koshak – mixing
- Sonic Boom – mastering