Goodnight Unknown

Goodnight Unknown
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 6, 2009 (2009-10-06)
StudioEar Knife by Barlow and the Hobby Shop
GenreFolk rock, lo-fi, alternative rock
LabelMerge, Domino
ProducerLou Barlow and Andrew Murdock
Lou Barlow chronology
Emoh
(2005)
Goodnight Unknown
(2009)
Brace the Wave
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100 link
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
The A.V. Club(B−)[1]
CHARTattack[2]
Drowned in Sound(8/10)[3]
NME(favorable)[4]
Pitchfork Media(7.3/10)[5]
Prefix Mag(6.5/10)[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

Goodnight Unknown is a solo studio album by Lou Barlow, the second with his real name; it was released in 2009 by Merge Records in the USA and by Domino Recording Company in the UK.[8][9][10]

Track listing

  1. "Sharing"
  2. "Goodnight Unknown"
  3. "Too Much Freedom"
  4. "Faith In Your Heartbeat"
  5. "The One I Call"
  6. "The Right"
  7. "Gravitate"
  8. "I'm Thinking ..."
  9. "One Machine, One Long Fight"
  10. "Praise"
  11. "Take Advantage"
  12. "Modesty"
  13. "Don't Apologize"
  14. "One Note Tone"

Personnel

  • Lou Barlow – everything but the following
  • Imaad Wasif – guitar on tracks 2,3,5,6,10,11,13 (mantis mural at Ear Knife)
  • Dale Crover – drums on tracks 1,2,6,7,9,13
  • Adam Harding – vocals on track 11, percussion on track 5 (video stills in CD booklet)
  • Sebastian Steinberg – bass on tracks 7,11
  • Lisa Germano – vocals on track 3
  • Murph additional drums on track 7

References

  1. ^ "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Music. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Gormely, Ian (October 9, 2009). "Lou Barlow — Goodnight Unknown". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Album Review: Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "NME". NME.
  5. ^ "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. ^ daba. "Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown Album Review". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "tinymixtapes.com/Lou-Barlow".
  8. ^ "Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Goodnight Unknown - Lou Barlow | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  10. ^ "Lou Barlow Announces New Solo Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 11, 2020.