Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood
2017 studio album by Sun Kil Moon
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Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood is the eighth studio album by the American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon, self-produced by primary recording artist Mark Kozelek. The album was released on 17 February 2017 on Caldo Verde Records.[2] It is a double album and comprises 16 tracks in total, being Sun Kil Moon's longest album to date.
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| Released | February 17, 2017[1] | |||
| Recorded | August 2016 | |||
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| Length | 129:48 | |||
| Label | Caldo Verde | |||
| Producer | Mark Kozelek | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 65/100[4] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Consequence of Sound | C[6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10[7] |
| Exclaim! | 5/10[8] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10[9] |
| Paste | 7.6/10[10] |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10[11] |
| Rolling Stone | [12] |
| State | 4/5[13] |
Upon its release, Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album currently holds an average score of 65, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
In a positive review for Chorus.fm, Aaron Mook writes, "Common as Light and Love is strange and flawed and beautiful all at once, sometimes all within the span of one eight-minute song," concluding, "regardless of general spottiness, Kozelek is still capable of creating moments of true beauty and unique insight."[14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "God Bless Ohio" | 10:36 |
| 2. | "Chili Lemon Peanuts" | 8:58 |
| 3. | "Philadelphia Cop" | 10:47 |
| 4. | "The Highway Song" | 7:55 |
| 5. | "Lone Star" | 9:13 |
| 6. | "Window Sash Weights" | 6:29 |
| 7. | "Sarah Lawrence College Song" | 5:13 |
| 8. | "Butch Lullaby" | 8:33 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 9. | "Stranger Than Paradise" | 12:23 |
| 10. | "Early June Blues" | 7:16 |
| 11. | "Bergen to Trondheim" | 7:49 |
| 12. | "I Love Portugal" | 7:58 |
| 13. | "Bastille Day" | 5:38 |
| 14. | "Vague Rock Song" | 7:08 |
| 15. | "Seventies TV Show Theme Song" | 7:29 |
| 16. | "I Love You Forever and Beyond Eternity" | 6:13 |
Personnel
- Mark Kozelek – composer, instrumentation, photography, producer
- Steve Shelley – drums, percussion
- Nick Zubeck – bass guitar, composer, keyboards
- Forrest Day – saxophone
- Will Chason – recording, mixing
- Nathan Winter – engineer, mixing
- Brian Azer – design