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So Runs the World Away
Singer-Songwriter · 2010 · 13 tracks · 53m

So Runs the World Away

Josh Ritter

Literary folk painted on a massive canvas. Intricate stories of mummies, polar explorers, and ghost ships set against lush, orchestral Americana.

May 4, 2010 · Independent Records

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A grand, literary exploration of myth and history that feels both intimate and cosmically vast.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 53m
01
Curtains
0:56
02
Change of Time
4:07
03
The Curse
5:00
04
Southern Pacifica
4:22
05
Rattling Locks
4:28
06
Folk Bloodbath
5:20
07
Lark
3:05
08
Lantern
5:18
09
The Remnant
4:02
10
See How Man Was Made
3:27
11
Another New World
7:39
12
Orbital
3:33
13
Long Shadows
2:25
Moments Worth Listening For
The rhythmic, waltzing piano of The Curse that mimics the slow unspooling of a mummy's bandages.
The explosive, cinematic crescendo of Another New World as the ship meets its icy fate.
The eerie, percussive clatter in Rattling Locks that sounds like bones or machinery in a dark room.
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How does So Runs the World Away sound next to the rest of Josh Ritter's catalogue?

Orchestral Arrangement+4.0σ

The production is built around orchestral arrangement than this artist usually allows.

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