The Most Lamentable Tragedy
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| The Most Lamentable Tragedy | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 28, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Sept. 1, 2014 – Feb. 16, 2015 | |||
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| Length | 92:36 | |||
| Label | Merge | |||
| Producer | Kevin McMahon & Adam Reich | |||
| Titus Andronicus chronology | ||||
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The Most Lamentable Tragedy is the fourth studio album by New Jersey punk rock band Titus Andronicus, released on July 28, 2015, through Merge Records. It is a rock opera in five acts that follows "Our Hero", a man who is visited by his doppelganger and goes through considerable life experiences and dream sequences, all acting as a metaphor for manic depression.
Accolades
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[3] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Alternative Press | [6] |
| The A.V. Club | B+[7] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[8] |
| The Guardian | [1] |
| NME | 7/10[9] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone |  [11] |
| Spin | 8/10[12] |
| Uncut | 9/10[13] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, TMLT has received an average score of 79, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Tiny Mix Tapes gave it a perfect 10/10, saying "TMLT feels like the Titus Andronicus record par excellence, it pushes and shoves at the boundaries of what such a record could or should conceivably sound like," while Pitchfork Media noted, "A 29-track, 93-minute rock opera that immediately restored their claims to outsized ambition, as only a 29-track, 93-minute rock opera might."
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stereogum | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | #17[14] |
| American Songwriter | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | #24[15] |
| Consequence of Sound | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | #9[15] |
| Spin (magazine) | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 | #32[15] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Patrick Stickles and arranged by Titus Andronicus except "I Lost My Mind (DJ)" by Daniel Johnston, "A Pair of Brown Eyes" by Shane MacGowan, "Auld Lang Syne" (traditional), and "I'm Going Insane (Finish Him)" (traditional).
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Angry Hour" | 1:42 |
| 2. | "No Future Part IV: No Future Triumphant" | 4:53 |
| 3. | "Stranded (On My Own)" | 4:24 |
| 4. | "Lonely Boy" | 5:21 |
| 5. | "I Lost My Mind (+@ )" | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Look Alive" | 0:33 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "The Magic Morning" | 1:00 |
| 8. | "Lookalike" | 0:48 |
| 9. | "I Lost My Mind (DJ)" | 1:36 |
| 10. | "Mr. E. Mann" | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Fired Up" | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Dimed Out" | 2:57 |
| 13. | "More Perfect Union" | 9:39 |
| 14. | "[ intermission ]" | 1:17 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sun Salutation" | 0:55 |
| 2. | "(S)HE SAID / (S)HE SAID" | 9:11 |
| 3. | "Funny Feeling" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Fatal Flaw" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Please" | 1:14 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Come On, Siobhán" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "A Pair of Brown Eyes" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Auld Lang Syne" | 1:46 |
| 9. | "I'm Going Insane (Finish Him)" | 1:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 10. | "The Fall" | 0:47 |
| 11. | "Into the Void (Filler)" | 4:36 |
| 12. | "No Future Part V: In Endless Dreaming" | 4:40 |
| 13. | "[ seven seconds ]" | 0:07 |
| 14. | "Stable Boy" | 6:52 |
| 15. | "A Moral" | 0:30 |
| Total length: | 92:36 | |
