Mended with Gold

{{Short description|2014 studio album by the Rural Alberta Advantage}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2013}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Mended with Gold

| type = Studio

| artist = The Rural Alberta Advantage

| cover =Mended with Gold.jpg

| alt =

| released = 30 October 2014

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Candle Recording, Toronto

| genre = Indie rock, Indie folk

| length = 38:43

| label = Paper Bag Records (CAN)
Saddle Creek Records (US)

| producer = Leon Taheny
Matt Lederman

| prev_title = Departing

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title = The Wild

| next_year = 2017

}}

{{Album ratings

|MC=74/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mended-with-gold/the-rural-alberta-advantage|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=March 17, 2020}}

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mended-with-gold-mw0002701440|title=Mended with Gold - The Rural Alberta Advantage|publisher=AllMusic|last=Christopher Monger|first=James|accessdate=March 17, 2020}}

|rev2=Exclaim!

|rev2Score=8/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rural_alberta_advantage-mended_with_gold|title=Exclaim! Review|website=Exclaim!|last=Lang|first=Alison|date=September 26, 2014|accessdate=March 17, 2020}}

|rev3=Paste

|rev3Score=7.2/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rural_alberta_advantage-mended_with_gold|title=Paste Magazine Review|website=Paste|last=Cosores|first=Philip|date=September 30, 2014 |accessdate=March 17, 2020}}

}}

Mended with Gold is the third full-length album by Canadian indie rock band The Rural Alberta Advantage, released 30 October 2014 on Paper Bag Records in Canada and Saddle Creek Records in the United States.

Track listing

{{Tracklist

| title1 = Our Love...

| length1 = 2:55

| title2 = This City

| length2 = 2:26

| title3 = On the Rocks

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = Terrified

| length4 = 3:04

| title5 = Runners in the Night

| length5 = 3:27

| title6 = To Be Scared

| length6 = 3:23

| title7 = 45/33

| length7 = 3:45

| title8 = All We've Ever Known

| length8 = 2:48

| title9 = The Build

| length9 = 3:10

| title10 = Vulcan, AB

| length10 = 2:50

| title11 = Not Love or Death

| length11 = 3:34

| title12 = ...On the Run

| length12 = 3:58

}}

Personnel

  • Nils Edenloff - vocals, guitar
  • Amy Cole - keyboard, bass, vocals
  • Paul Banwatt - drums
  • Leon Taheny - producer, mixing, recording
  • Matt Lederman - producer, mixing, recording
  • Joao Carvalho - mastering
  • Bryan Lowe - assistant mastering
  • Robyn Kotyk - artwork
  • Dara Kartz - management

References

{{Reflist

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| refs =

[http://www.theraa.com/2014/07/08/new-album-mended-with-gold-out-september-30/ "New Album, Mended With Gold, out September 30"]. 8 July 2014.

}}

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Category:2014 albums

Category:The Rural Alberta Advantage albums

Category:Saddle Creek Records albums

Category:Paper Bag Records albums

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