Get Lonely

Get Lonely
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	August 21, 2006 August 22, 2006 December 6, 2006
Genre	Folk rock indie rock
Length	42:36
Label	4AD
Producer	Scott Solter
the Mountain Goats chronology
The Sunset Tree (2005) Get Lonely (2006) Heretic Pride (2008)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)[5]
ARTISTdirect	[6]
PlayLouder	[7]
PopMatters	(7/10)[8]
Stylus	B−[9]

Get Lonely is the tenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released on August 22, 2006 on 4AD. It peaked at #193 on the Billboard top 200 album chart.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Darnielle, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild Sage"	4:13
2.	"New Monster Avenue"	3:38
3.	"Half Dead"	3:26
4.	"Get Lonely"	3:50
5.	"Maybe Sprout Wings"	2:46
6.	"Moon Over Goldsboro"	5:02
7.	"In the Hidden Places"	4:21
8.	"Song for Lonely Giants"	3:10
9.	"Woke Up New"	2:57
10.	"If You See Light"	1:58
11.	"Cobra Tattoo"	3:10
12.	"In Corolla" (John Darnielle, Franklin Bruno)	4:05
Total length:		42:36

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Naming Day"	3:11
14.	"They Are Stone Swallowers"	3:08
15.	"Keeping House"	2:38
Total length:		51:33

Personnel

• John Darnielle - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Peter Hughes - bass, percussion, vibraphone
• Franklin Bruno - piano, organ, horn arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Corey Fogel - drums
• Erik Friedlander - cello, string arrangements
• Gene Baker - trumpet
• Jen Baker - trombone
• Scott Solter - percussion, vibraphone, "landscapes", production
• Aaron Prellwitz - engineering
• Timin Murray - engineering

References

1. "Get Lonely". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
2. AllMusic review
3. Blender review
4. The Guardian review
5. Pitchfork review
6. ARTISTdirect
7. PlayLouder review
8. PopMatters review
9. Stylus review

External links

• Get Lonely at MusicBrainz (list of releases)