IV (Black Mountain album)

IV is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band, Black Mountain, released on April 1, 2016. The five-and-a-half year gap between two studio albums is the longest to date. It is also the band's first album of new work since their 2012 soundtrack album for Year Zero.

IV
Studio album by Black Mountain
Released	April 1, 2016
Genre	Alternative rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Length	56:14
Label	Jagjaguwar
Producer	Black Mountain
Black Mountain chronology
Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack (2012) IV (2016) Destroyer (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Uncut	[8]
NPR	Positive[9]
No Ripcord	[10]
Under the Radar	[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mothers of the Sun"	8:34
2.	"Florian Saucer Attack"	3:24
3.	"Defector"	4:02
4.	"You Can Dream"	5:32
5.	"Constellations"	4:01
6.	"Line Them All Up"	3:54
7.	"Cemetery Breeding"	4:10
8.	"(Over and Over) The Chain"	8:48
9.	"Crucify Me"	4:45
10.	"Space to Bakersfield"	9:04
Total length:		56:14

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	117
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	44
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	31
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[17]	7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	46
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[19]	12

References

1. "Reviews for IV by Black Mountain". Metacritic. CBS Corporation. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
2. Deming, Mark. "IV - Black Mountain". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
3. Beaumont, Mark (March 18, 2016). "Black Mountain: IV". Classic Rock Magazine. TeamRock.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
4. Zerbe, Jeremy (March 28, 2016). "Black Mountain – IV". Consequence of Sound. COS. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
5. Gormely, Ian (March 30, 2016). "Black Mountain IV". Exclaim!. 1059434 Ontario Inc. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
6. Berman, Stuart. "Black Mountain: IV Album Review". Pitchfork Media. Condé Nast. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
7. Beaudoin, Jedd (April 5, 2016). "Black Mountain - IV". PopMatters. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
8. "IV - Black Mountain" (Print) |format= requires |url= (help) (March 2016). Time Inc. UK. March 24, 2016. p. 69. Stephen McBean's merry bunch have toned down the heavier impulses of 2010's Wilderness Heart on this fourth album, plumping instead for a collision of gruff psychedelia, trippy space-folk and pulsing electronica.
9. Mosurock, Doug (March 24, 2016). "Review: Black Mountain, 'IV'". National Public Radio. NPR.org. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
10. Edgardo Rodriguez, Juan (April 7, 2016). "Black Mountain: IV - Review" (Web). No Ripcord. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
11. Trunick, Austin (March 29, 2016). "Black Mountain: IV (Web Exclusive Review)". Under the Radar. UTR Publications. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
12. "Ultratop.be – Black Mountain – IV" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
13. "Ultratop.be – Black Mountain – IV" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
14. "Offiziellecharts.de – Black Mountain – IV" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
15. "Swisscharts.com – Black Mountain – IV". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
16. "Black Mountain Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
17. "Black Mountain Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard.
18. "Black Mountain Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
19. "Black Mountain Chart History (Vinyl Albums)". Billboard.