Mended with Gold

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

{{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

| colwidth =

| 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.

}}

Category:2014 albums

Category:The Rural Alberta Advantage albums

Category:Saddle Creek Records albums

Category:Paper Bag Records albums