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
The Life of the World to Come (2009) All Eternals Deck (2011) Transcendental Youth (2012)

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

All Eternals Deck is the 13th 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 songs written and composed 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"	3:20
Total length:		42:25

All Survivors Pack - limited edition demos cassette tape[7]
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 13th 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.

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

1. "All Eternals Deck". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
2. "Crackle Feedback Review".
3. "Pitchfork Review".
4. "The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck | Music Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
5. "SPIN Review".
6. "Tiny Mix Tapes review".
7. Darnielle, John (February 17, 2011). "Our New Tape". Retrieved March 30, 2011.