The Bible | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | September 30, 2022 | |||
Length | 49:48 | |||
Label | Merge | |||
Lambchop chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Bible | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 83/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
American Songwriter | [3] |
Beats Per Minute | 80%[4] |
God Is in the TV | 9/10[5] |
The Line of Best Fit | 8/10[6] |
MusicOMH | [7] |
Paste | 7.8/10[8] |
Pitchfork | 8.1/10[9] |
Uncut | 9/10[10] |
Under the Radar | [11] |
The Bible is the sixteenth studio album by American band Lambchop. It was released on September 30, 2022, by Merge Records.[12]
On June 16, 2022, Lambchop announced the release of their sixteenth studio album, along with the first single "Police Dog Blues".[13] The music video, directed by Isaac Gale, features as animated clip using the Unreal Engine program.[14]
The second single "So There" was released on August 9, 2022.[15]
The Bible was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 83, based on 12 reviews.[1]
Writing for Beats Per Minute, Joshua Pickard said: "The Bible is undoubtably one of Lambchop's most mature records, but it is also one of their most honest, most unguarded in its emotional and historical perspectives."[4]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "His Song Is Sung" | 5:28 |
2. | "Little Black Boxes" | 4:43 |
3. | "Daisy" | 5:14 |
4. | "Whatever, Mortal" | 4:21 |
5. | "A Major Minor Drag" | 5:52 |
6. | "Police Dog Blues" | 5:56 |
7. | "Dylan at the Mousetrap" | 4:02 |
8. | "Every Child Begins the World Again" | 3:44 |
9. | "So There" | 5:20 |
10. | "That’s Music" | 5:08 |
Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] | 78 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[17] | 27 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] | 78 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[19] | 12 |
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