| The Most Lamentable Tragedy | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Titus Andronicus |
| Cover: | The Most Lamentable Tragedy - cover.jpg |
| Recorded: | Sept. 1, 2014 – Feb. 16, 2015 |
| Length: | 92:36 |
| Label: | Merge |
| Producer: | Kevin McMahon & Adam Reich |
| Prev Title: | Local Business |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
| Next Title: | A Productive Cough |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
The Most Lamentable Tragedy is the fourth studio album by New Jersey punk rock band Titus Andronicus, released on July 28, 2015, through Merge Records. It is a rock opera in five acts that follows "Our Hero", a man who is visited by his doppelganger and goes through considerable life experiences and dream sequences, all acting as a metaphor for manic depression.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, TMLT has received an average score of 79, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Tiny Mix Tapes gave it a perfect 10/10, saying "TMLT feels like the Titus Andronicus record par excellence, it pushes and shoves at the boundaries of what such a record could or should conceivably sound like," while Pitchfork Media noted, "A 29-track, 93-minute rock opera that immediately restored their claims to outsized ambition, as only a 29-track, 93-minute rock opera might."
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | |
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| Stereogum | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 |
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| American Songwriter | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 |
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| Consequence of Sound | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 |
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| Spin (magazine) | The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | 2015 |
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