All Eternals Deck

All Eternals Deck
All Eternals Deck
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	March 29, 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Folk rock, indie rock
Length	42:25
Label	Merge Records
Producer	Brandon Eggleston, John Congleton, Scott Solter, Erik Rutan
The Mountain Goats chronology

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Crackle Feedback	(8/10)^[3]
Pitchfork	8.1/10^[4]
Slant Magazine	^[5]
Spin	7/10^[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[7]

All Eternals Deck is the thirteenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on March 29, 2011 by Merge Records. "All Eternals Deck" refers to a fictional set of Tarot cards, the history and details of which are described in the album's liner notes.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle

*All Eternals Deck*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Damn These Vampires"	3:24
2.	"Birth of Serpents"	3:08
3.	"Estate Sale Sign"	2:47
4.	"Age of Kings"	4:13
5.	"The Autopsy Garland"	2:50
6.	"Beautiful Gas Mask"	3:52
7.	"High Hawk Season"	2:56
8.	"Prowl Great Cain"	3:15
9.	"Sourdoire Valley Song"	3:38
10.	"Outer Scorpion Squadron"	2:31
11.	"For Charles Bronson"	3:01
12.	"Never Quite Free"	3:30
13.	"Liza Forever Minnelli"	3:10
Total length:		42:25

Australian bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Brisbane Hotel Sutra"	2:39
Total length:		46:04

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Used to Haunt"	2:46
Total length:		46:11

*All Survivors Pack* – limited edition demos cassette tape^[8]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Catherine Antrim's Kid"
2.	"Beautiful Gas Mask"
3.	"Birth of Serpents"
4.	"The Autopsy Garland"
5.	"Estate Sale Sign"
6.	"Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece"
7.	"Sourdoire Valley Song"
8.	"Age of Kings"
9.	"High Hawk Season"
10.	"Never Quite Free"
11.	"For Charles Bronson"
12.	"Liza Forever Minnelli"

John Darnielle revealed in a concert on October 13, 2012 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg that not only is "Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece" his 'secret favorite song', but that it is about Lon Chaney Jr. and was inspired by his movie Indestructible Man.^{[citation needed]}

Personnel

John Darnielle – vocals, guitar, keyboard
Peter Hughes – bass, backing vocals
Jon Wurster – drums
Yoed Nir – cello
Yuval Semo – organ, string arrangement
Bob Barone – steel guitar
Brandon Eggleston – production, mixing
Erik Rutan – production
John Congleton – production, mixing
Scott Solter – production, mixing
Brent Lambert – mastering
Marc Bessant – graphic design
Artbeats – photography

References

^ "All Eternals Deck". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ Hoffman, K. Ross. "All Eternals Deck – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
^ "Crackle Feedback Review".
^ Currin, Grayson (March 28, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
^ Baxley, Jaymie (April 4, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
^ "SPIN Review".
^ Nick RS. "The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
^ Darnielle, John (February 17, 2011). "Our New Tape". Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.

[1] "All Eternals Deck". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[AM-2] Hoffman, K. Ross. "All Eternals Deck – The Mountain Goats". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2011.

[Crackle_Feedback-3] "Crackle Feedback Review".

[Pitchfork-4] Currin, Grayson (March 28, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

[Slant-5] Baxley, Jaymie (April 4, 2011). "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 11, 2011.

[Spin-6] "SPIN Review".

[TMT-7] Nick RS. "The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

[tape-8] Darnielle, John (February 17, 2011). "Our New Tape". Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.

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v t e The Mountain Goats
John Darnielle Peter Hughes Jon Wurster Matt Douglas
Albums	Zopilote Machine Sweden Nothing for Juice Full Force Galesburg The Coroner's Gambit All Hail West Texas Tallahassee We Shall All Be Healed The Sunset Tree Get Lonely Heretic Pride The Life of the World to Come All Eternals Deck Transcendental Youth Beat the Champ Goths In League with Dragons Songs for Pierre Chuvin Getting Into Knives Dark in Here Bleed Out Jenny from Thebes
Released demos	Come, Come To The Sunset Tree Heretic Pride Demos The Life of the World in Flux All Survivors Pack
Cassette releases	Taboo VI: The Homecoming The Hound Chronicles Transmissions to Horace Hot Garden Stomp Taking the Dative Yam, the King of Crops
EPs and singles	Songs for Petronius Chile de Árbol Beautiful Rat Sunset Philyra Songs for Peter Hughes Songs About Fire Nine Black Poppies New Asian Cinema Isopanisad Radio Hour On Juhu Beach Devil in the Shortwave Jam Eater Blues See America Right Palmcorder Yajna Letter from Belgium Dilaudid EP Babylon Springs EP Satanic Messiah Hex of Infinite Binding
Individual songs	"Lovecraft in Brooklyn" "No Children" "Sax Rohmer #1"
Collaborations	Why You All So Thief? (with Simon Joyner) Orange Raja, Blood Royal (with Alastair Galbraith) Black Pear Tree (with Kaki King) Moon Colony Bloodbath (with John Vanderslice)
Compilations	Protein Source of the Future...Now! Bitter Melon Farm Ghana The Hound Chronicles/Hot Garden Stomp
Unreleased	Hail and Farewell, Gothenburg Jack and Faye
Collaborators	Franklin Bruno Richard Colburn Nora Danielson Lalitree Darnielle Alex Decarville Maggie Doyle Alastair Galbraith Erik Friedlander Christopher McGuire Scott Solter John Vanderslice Rachel Ware
Related articles	Discography