Mountain Rock
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mountain Rock
| type = studio
| artist = Dear Nora
| cover =Mountain Rock album.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{flatlist|
- May 18, 2004 {{small|(original release)}}
- January 13, 2017 {{small|(re-issue)}} }}
| recorded = December 2003
| venue =
| studio = {{flatlist|
- Peggy Davidson's living room {{small|(Cave Creek, Arizona)}}
- Bea Rector's quonset hut {{small|(Catalina, Arizona)}}
- A kitchen in Lower Haight {{small|(San Francisco, California)}} }}
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 31:58
| label = {{flatlist|
- Magic Marker Records {{small|(2004 release)}}
- Orindal Records {{small|(2017 reissue)}} }}
| producer = Katy Davidson
| prev_title = The New Year
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = There Is No Home
| next_year = 2006
| misc =
}}
Mountain Rock is the third record by Portland-formed indie pop band Dear Nora. It was originally released through Magic Marker Records in 2004. In 2017, it would receive a critically applauded reissue through Orindal.
Composition
Mountain Rock has been applauded as an "overlooked anti-folk masterpiece" and an "indie pop masterpiece".{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/01/09/dear-nora-mountain-rock-reissue-tour-dates|author= Patrick D. McDermott|date=January 9, 2017|title=Revisit Dear Nora's Mountain Rock, An Overlooked Anti-Folk Classic|work=The Fader|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/dear-nora-interview|author= Mo Troper|date=January 20, 2017|title=Dear Nora Returns to "Mountain Rock"|work=Bandcamp Daily|accessdate=July 12, 2021}} It has also been called a "lo-fi folk-pop classic".{{Cite web|url=https://dearnora.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-rock-2017-reissue|title=Mountain Rock (2017 reissue) by Dear Nora|work=Bandcamp|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mountain-rock-mw0000697974|author= Kenyon Hopkin|title=Mountain Rock - Dear Nora - Songs, Reviews, Credits|work=AllMusic|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 8.3/10{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22730-dear-nora-mountain-rock/|author= Quinn Moreland|date=January 16, 2017|title=Dear Nora: Mountain Rock Album Review|work=Pitchfork|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
| rev3 = PopMatters
| rev3score = {{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/dearnora-mountain-2495879096.html|author= Dave Heaton|date=November 30, 2004|title=Dear Nora: Mountain Rock|work=PopMatters|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
| rev4 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/dear-nora-mountain-rock|title=Dear Nora - Mountain Rock - Music Review|work=Tiny Mix Tapes|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}
}}
Mountain Rock has been welcomed with mostly positive reviews towards both its 2004 release and 2017 reissue. Quinn Moreland of Pitchfork called it Davidson's "most complex album". Moreland credited tracks "You Are a Bear" and "Oxygen & the Mellow Stuff" with anticipating indie pop musician Frankie Cosmos and the "charmed beltings" of indie rock duo Girlpool.
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