Oh My God, Charlie Darwin

Oh My God, Charlie Darwin is the second studio album by American indie folk band The Low Anthem, self-released in 2008, and re-released on June 29, 2009 on Nonesuch Records and Bella Union. Upon its re-release, vocalist and guitarist Ben Knox Miller stated that "listening to the record is akin to taking shelter during a lightning storm among nostalgic remnants in a water-damaged church, whose new tenants – rats, owls, stray dogs and snakes – comprise a burgeoning, cacophonous, dog-eat-dog ecosystem."[9]

Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
Studio album by
The Low Anthem
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2008 (original release)
June 29, 2009 (re-release)
RecordedBlock Island, RI, Adorea Studio, Hamden, CT, Ouestern Studio Williamsburg, NY, Harlem, NY
GenreIndie folk
Length42:01
LabelSelf-release (original version)
Bella Union (UK)
Nonesuch (US)
ProducerJesse Lauter
The Low Anthem chronology
What The Crow Brings
(2007)		 Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
(2008)		 Smart Flesh
(2011)
Singles from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
  1. "The Horizon is a Beltway"
    Released: December 2008
  2. "Champion Angel"
    Released: July 2009
  3. "Charlie Darwin/To Ohio"
    Released: September 28, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. Club(B)[3]
Drowned In Sound[4]
The New York Times(positive)[5]
NME[6]
Paste(90/100)[7]
Robert Christgau [8]

In 2012, Tom Jones covered the song, "Charlie Darwin", on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.

Writing and composition

In 2010, Ben Knox Miller noted, "The Darwin record was this record about environmental decay and social de-evolution and the death of morality and all these very grand things."[10]

Track listing
  1. "Charlie Darwin" - 4:33
  2. "To Ohio" - 3:19
  3. "Ticket Taker" - 3:08
  4. "The Horizon Is a Beltway" - 2:51
  5. "Home I'll Never Be" (Jack Kerouac/Tom Waits) - 2:50
  6. "Cage the Songbird" - 4:03
  7. "(Don't) Tremble" - 4:39
  8. "Music Box" - 1:52
  9. "Champion Angel" - 5:34
  10. "To the Ghosts Who Write History Books" - 3:31
  11. "OMGCD" - 2:04
  12. "To Ohio (Reprise)" - 3:42

References
  1. "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin by The Low Anthem". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. "The Low Anthem: On My God, Charlie Darwin". 7 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. "Album Review: The Low Anthem - Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  5. "New CDs". The New York Times. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  6. NME.COM. "Album review: The Low Anthem - 'Oh My God, Charlie Darwin' - NME.COM". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  7. "The Low Anthem: Oh My God, Charlie Darwin". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  8. "Robert Christgau: CG: low anthem". Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  9. "The Low Anthem :: The AD Interview". Aquarium Drunkard. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  10. "Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem goes into the great wide open". The A.V. Club. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
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