Mountain Battles

Mountain Battles
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 7, 2008
RecordedElectrical Audio, Chicago;
Stagg Street Studio, Van Nuys;
Manny's Studio, Los Angeles;
Refraze Recording Studio, Dayton;
as well as basement recordings
Genre
Length36:42
Label4AD
The Breeders chronology
Title TK
(2002)
Mountain Battles
(2008)
Fate to Fatal (EP)
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC[4]
Mojo[5]
NME8/10[6]
Pitchfork Media7.5/10[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Spin[10]
Under the Radar5/10[11]

Mountain Battles is the fourth studio album by American band The Breeders. It was released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2008, and in the United States on April 8, 2008. The album was gradually recorded in a number of different locales including Refraze Recording Studios in Dayton, Ohio, by engineers including Steve Albini, Erika Larson, Manny Nieto and Ben Mumphrey.

  1. ^ Mountain Battles by the Breeders: Critic Reviews (Metacritic)
  2. ^ Phares
  3. ^ "The Breeders: Mountain Battles Review". Blender: 77. April 2008.
  4. ^ Greenblatt, Leah (4 April 2008). "Mountain Battles". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Mountain Battles Review". Mojo: 101. April 2008.
  6. ^ Elan 2008
  7. ^ Berman 2008
  8. ^ "Mountain Battles Review". Q: 126. May 2008.
  9. ^ Hermes 2008
  10. ^ Thomas 2008, p. 104
  11. ^ "Mountain Battles Review". Under the Radar: 74. Spring 2008.