This Will Destroy You (album)
2008 studio album by This Will Destroy You
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This Will Destroy You is the second studio album by American avant-rock band This Will Destroy You. It was released on January 29, 2008, through Magic Bullet Records.
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2008
RecordedFebruary 2007
StudioPedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas;
Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas
Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas
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| Released | January 29, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | February 2007 | |||
| Studio | Pedernales Studios, Spicewood, Texas; Nomad Studios, Dallas, Texas | |||
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| Length | 51:30 | |||
| Label | Magic Bullet | |||
| Producer | John Congleton | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | (90%)[1] |
| Decibel | (8/10)[2] |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10)[3] |
| Rock Sound | (9/10)[4] |
| StrangeGlue.com |   [5] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by This Will Destroy You.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "A Three-Legged Workhorse" | 9:12 |
| 2. | "Villa Del Refugio" | 7:06 |
| 3. | "Threads" | 5:41 |
| 4. | "Leather Wings" | 3:30 |
| 5. | "The Mighty Rio Grande" | 11:18 |
| 6. | "They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light" | 6:59 |
| 7. | "Burial on the Presidio Banks" | 7:44 |
| Total length: | 51:30 | |
Personnel
- This Will Destroy You
- Jeremy Galindo - guitar
- Raymond Brown - bass guitar, keyboard
- Chris King - guitar
- Andrew Miller - drums
- Additional musicians
- Stephanie McVeigh - cello (tracks 1, 5 and 7)
- Production
- John Congleton - producer, engineer and mixer
- This Will Destroy You - producers
- Alan Douches - mastering
Appearances in popular culture
- "Burial on the Presidio Banks" was featured in the final scene of the CSI: Miami episode "Flight Risk".
- "They Move on Tracks of Never-Ending Light" was used as part of an NBC introductory film narrated by Tom Brokaw which overviews Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics, it was also used in the 2012 independent film The Diary of Preston Plummer starring Trevor Morgan.
- "The Mighty Rio Grande" was used prominently throughout the 2011 film Moneyball; in a tribute video by American web-based production company Rooster Teeth to the late Monty Oum, creator of the popular web series RWBY in February 2015; in the 2014 science-fiction film Earth to Echo; in the 2013 film Lone Survivor; in the 2015 film Room; in the 2016 television show Lethal Weapon; in a Verizon commercial that played during Super Bowl LIII; and in the season finale of Welcome to Wrexham: Season 4 (2025) episode "Do a Wrexham".
- "Villa Del Refugio" was featured in a World War Z scene.
- "The Mighty Rio Grande" was featured in an ESPN 30 for 30 about the 1985 Chicago Bears.
- A 2017 video set a timed Line Rider track to the entirety of the album, gaining over three million views on YouTube.
