Black Mountain (album) explained

Black Mountain
Type:	studio
Artist:	Black Mountain
Cover:	Black Mountain (album).jpg
Released:	January 18, 2005
Recorded:	winter & spring 2004; the Argyle Hotel, and the Hive, North Hollywood^[1]
Genre:	Psychedelic rock, alternative rock, stoner rock
Length:	46:24
Label:	Jagjaguwar
Producer:	Black Mountain
Next Title:	In the Future
Next Year:	2008

Black Mountain is the debut album by Black Mountain released by Jagjaguwar in 2005. In 2015 an expanded 16 track version was re-released.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Stephen McBean.

1. "Modern Music" – 2:44
2. "Don't Run Our Hearts Around" – 6:03
3. "Druganaut" – 3:47
4. "No Satisfaction" – 3:47
5. "Set Us Free" – 6:45
6. "No Hits" – 6:45
7. "Heart of Snow" – 7:59
8. "Faulty Times" – 8:34
9. "Bonus Track; Jonny Svenson Lives" - 10:21

10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Disc one2015 Remaster of original album

Disc two

1. "Druganaut (Extended Remix)" – 8:15
2. "Buffalo Swan" – 9:08
   • 1-2 from "Druganaut" 12-inch single (2005, Jagjaguwar)
3. "Bicycle Man" – 3:21
   • From 7-inch split single with Destroyer (2004, Spirit of Orr)
4. "Behind the Fall" – 3:01
   • From "Druganaut" CD EP (2005, Jagjaguwar)
5. "Set Us Free (Demo)" – 5:56
6. "Black Mountain (Demo)" – 3:27
7. "No Satisfaction (UK Radio)" – 4:25
8. "It Wasn't Arson" – 4:42
   • 5-8 previously unreleased; demos recorded 2002

Personnel

Black Mountain:

• Stephen McBean – guitar, vocals
• Amber Webber – vocals
• Jeremy Schmidt – keyboards
• Matthew Camirand – bass
• Joshua Wells – drums

Additional personnel:

• Masa Anzai – saxophone ("Modern Music", "No Hits", "Bicycle Man", "Behind the Fall")
• Christoph Hofmeister – Fender Rhodes electric piano ("Set Us Free")
• Colin Stewart – engineer
• Doug Van Sloun – mastering (original release)
• Alan Douches – mastering (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
• Toby Bannister – photography

Critical reception

Pitchfork provided a mostly positive review, stating Black Mountain provided "perfect amount of tarnish to make the songs feel lived-in without burying them in fry grease."^[3]

See also

Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#90)

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/release/745333 Discogs - Black Mountain enhanced-CD 2005 Jagjaguwar (JAG 70) US
2. Web site: Black Mountain Ready 10th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue of Self-Titled Debut. . 31 March 2015 . 2015-07-08.
3. Web site: Original Pitchfork Review of Black Mountain. 16 January 2005. Sam Ubl. Pitchfork. 10 January 2019.