Like Rats
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| Released | February 19, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | April 16, 2011 – October 21, 2012; San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Indie folk | |||
| Length | 32:31 | |||
| Label | Caldo Verde Records | |||
| Producer | Mark Kozelek | |||
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Like Rats is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, released on February 19, 2013 on Caldo Verde Records. Self-produced by Kozelek, the album is a collection of acoustic cover songs.
The album was released on the same day as Kozelek's live album, Live at Phoenix Public House Melbourne (2013).
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 64/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.7/10[2] |
Like Rats received mostly positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 64, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1] Pitchfork Media's Stephen Deusner gave the album a mostly positive review stating, "His previous covers albums have been fan favorites, presenting his melancholy takes on songs by AC/DC, John Denver, Low, and Stephen Sondheim, but this new collection may be his most varied and adventurous. The track list portrays a man with broad listening habits, who not only translates these songs into his own particular style but erases the distinctions between genres."[2]
