Gold Past Life is the ninth studio album by Fruit Bats, released on June 21, 2019, via Merge Records.

Gold Past Life
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
GenreIndie rock, indie pop, indie folk, soft rock
Length38:44
LabelMerge Records
ProducerThom Monahan
Fruit Bats chronology
Absolute Loser
(2016)
Gold Past Life
(2019)
The Pet Parade
(2021)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!7/10[2]
Paste7.0/10[3]
PopMatters          [4]
Variety     [5]

Gold Past Life received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78 based on nine reviews.[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Eric D. Johnson

No.TitleLength
1."The Bottom of It"3:01
2."Gold Past Life"3:30
3."Drawn Away"4:06
4."Cazadera"3:25
5."Ocean"3:18
6."Your Dead Grandfather"2:50
7."A Lingering Love"3:57
8."Barely Living Room"3:26
9."Mandy from Mohawk (Wherever You May Be)"3:47
10."Dream Would Breathe"3:57
11."Two Babies in Michigan"3:47

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[6] 13
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7] 37

References

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  1. ^ a b "Absolute Loser by Fruit Bats Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Brzozowski, Sophie (June 21, 2019). "Fruit Bats – Gold Past Life". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Crump, Andy (June 19, 2019). "Fruit Bats: Gold Past Life Review". Paste. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. ^ Waterman, Rod (June 21, 2019). "Fruit Bats' 'Gold Past Life' Is an Exhilarating Trip Down Multiple Memory Lanes". PopMatters. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  5. ^ Willman, Chris (June 24, 2019). "Album Review: Fruit Bats' 'Gold Past Life'". Variety. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Fruit Bats Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Fruit Bats Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 3, 2020.