Life on Earth (Tiny Vipers album) explained

Life on Earth
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tiny Vipers
Cover:	tiny_vipers-life_on_earth.jpg
Released:	July 7, 2009 (CD, Digital) November 16, 2009 (Vinyl)
Length:	65:31
Label:	Sub Pop Records
Producer:	Jesy Fortino
Prev Title:	Tiny Vipers
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Weak Moments of the Shadows
Next Year:	2009

Life on Earth is the second full-length album released by Tiny Vipers on Sub Pop Records on July 7, 2009. In a June 2009 track review, Pitchfork Media awarded "Dreamer" their Best New Music accolade.^[1]

Luckyhorse Industries released a 180 gram double vinyl edition on November 16, 2009. It was limited to 500 copies with numbered handmade covers, the first 30 of which were printed on green marble vinyl. "Audrey's Well" is included as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Eyes Like Ours" – 5:50
2. "Development" – 6:08
3. "Slow Motion" – 4:03
4. "Dreamer" – 4:14
5. "Time Takes" – 5:51
6. "Young God" – 4:52
7. "Life on Earth" – 10:12
8. "CM" – 3:05
9. "Tiger Mountain" – 6:22
10. "Twilight Property" – 7:52
11. "Outside" – 6:02
12. "Audrey's Well" - 8:33 (vinyl only bonus track)

As of 2020, the album's digital download tracklist on Fortino's Bandcamp page has been truncated and re-ordered without explanation.^[2] The new track order there is

1. "Eyes Like Ours" – 5:50
2. "Development" – 6:08
3. "Life on Earth" – 10:12
4. "CM" – 3:05
5. "Dreamer" – 4:14
6. "Slow Motion" – 4:03
7. "Outside" – 6:02

Bonus disc

1. "Blades of Grass" - 37:37

Bonus disc is a CD-R that was available only by pre-ordering the album on Sub Pop's website, although select independent record stores included it as a bundle with the album.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tiny Vipers: "Dreamer" | Tracks . Pitchfork . 2009-06-15 . 2012-02-28.
2. Web site: Life on Earth . Bandcamp . 2020-12-03.