Old Growth (album) explained

Old Growth
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dead Meadow
Cover:	DeadMeadow_OldGrowth.jpg
Released:	February 4, 2008
Recorded:	November 2006 – December 2006
Genre:	Psychedelic rock, stoner rock
Length:	56:20
Label:	Matador Records
Prev Title:	Feathers
Prev Year:	2005
Next Title:	Warble Womb
Next Year:	2013

Old Growth is the fifth album by the Washington, D.C., rock band Dead Meadow.^[1] It was released in 2008 by Matador Records on CD and LP.

Track listing

1. "Ain't Got Nothing (To Go Wrong)" – 6:58
2. "Between Me and the Ground" – 3:15
3. "What Needs Must Be" – 4:20
4. "Down Here" – 2:43
5. "'Till Kingdom Come" – 4:05
6. "I'm Gone" – 4:13
7. "Seven Seers" – 4:20
8. "The Great Deceiver" – 3:06
9. "The Queen of All Returns" – 5:33
10. "Keep on Walking" – 3:01
11. "Hard People/Hard Times" – 4:22
12. "Either Way" – 7:48

Critical reception

AllMusic gave a mixed reception, both positive and negative towards the major change in themes – with a blues-rock focus over a heavier metal nature. Along with this general change there was an experimental nature to individual songs, with acoustic songs alongside slow groove. The review summarised the album as "still good, but isn't stoner rock supposed to sound destructive?"^[1] Pitchforks review was also mixed and noted similar issues and positives.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old Growth Review by AllMusic. Jason Lymangrove. AllMusic. 10 January 2019.