The Animal Years
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| Studio album by Josh Ritter | ||||
| Released | March 20, 2006 (UK) April 11, 2006 (U.S.) January 17, 2010 (Deluxe Edition)(Ireland) January 25, 2011 (Vinyl) (U.S.) February 15, 2011 (Deluxe Edition) (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | Bear Creek and Engine Studios, March - May 2005 |
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 49:22 | |||
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V2 Independent Records (Irish release) |
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| Producer | Brian Deck | |||
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| Allmusic |
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| The A.V. Club | A− |
| Prefix Magazine | (8.0/10) |
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The Animal Years is the fourth album by Josh Ritter, released on April 19, 2006.
Before performing Girl in the War at the 2006 annual dinner of the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C., Ritter stated that he intended to “to write about [the United States of America], but [instead] it all came out sounding like a love song."
The Animal Years was reissued on February 15, 2011 as a two-disc Deluxe Edition. The Deluxe Edition includes the complete original studio album as well as a bonus CD with Ritter performing a solo acoustic version of the entire album (recorded in Nashville in June 2008). The bonus CD also includes four b-sides, a video (Lillian, Egypt), new artwork, and liner notes by Tom Ricks.The Animal Years Deluxe Edition was previously released in Ireland on January 17, 2010. A vinyl version of the Deluxe Edition was released in the United States on January 25, 2011. It comes with a copy of the bonus acoustic and b-side CD.
All songs written by Josh Ritter
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