So Runs the World Away

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| rev2 = The Music Cycle

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.themusiccycle.com/article/158/Josh-Ritter---So-Runs-The-World-Away-Review|title=The Music Cycle review|website=Themusiccycle.com}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/apr/29/josh-ritter-so-runs-the-world-away-review |title=The Guardian review | location=London | first=Michael | last=Hann|website=Theguardian.com| date=April 29, 2010}}

| rev4 = Slant Magazine

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| rev5 = Spectrum Culture

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| rev6 = Spin Magazine

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4.0|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/josh-ritter-so-runs-world-away-pytheas |title=Spin Magazine review|website=Spin.com|date=May 4, 2010}}

| rev7 = Sputnikmusic

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| rev8 = TheMusicCourt

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The record's release was met with high anticipation and covered by multiple news and media publications. Stephen King reported looking forward to the album.[http://larryfire.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/stephen-king-on-the-kindle-and-the-ipad Stephen King on the Kindle and the iPad], Larryfire.wordpress.com, April 5, 2010, accessed April 17, 2010 Irish music magazine Hot Press featured "Josh Ritter week" with free track downloads from the album, front cover picture, and interviews.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/hot-press-launches-josh-ritter-week-6441939|title=Hot Press launches Josh Ritter week|website=Hotpress.com}} Upon its release the album was met with very strong reviews.{{Cite web|url=https://innerearmedia.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/review-josh-ritter-so-runs-the-world-away/|title=Review: Josh Ritter – So Runs The World Away|website=Innermedia.wordpress.com|date=April 23, 2010}} The Irish Independent called it "Ritter's most intriguing and rewarding album to date, it's easily his most diverse."[https://archive.today/20120803162811/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/music/music-josh-ritter-2149517.html] Bob Boilen of NPR's All Songs Considered said of the album, "I've come to expect good records from him...but this one took my breath away."[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121093002/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=37]

All songs written by Josh Ritter, except "Folk Bloodbath" written by Ritter based on a traditional song by Mississippi John Hurt.

1. "Curtains" – 0:57
2. "Change of Time" – 4:04
3. "The Curse" – 5:03
4. "Southern Pacifica" – 4:24
5. "Rattling Locks" – 4:25
6. "Folk Bloodbath" – 5:16
7. "Lark" – 3:04
8. "Lantern" – 5:15
9. "The Remnant" – 3:56
10. "See How Man Was Made" – 3:26
11. "Another New World" – 7:34
12. "Orbital" – 3:29
13. "Long Shadows" – 2:20

• Josh Ritter – vocals and guitars, violin
• Zack Hickman – double bass, electric bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, hi-strung guitar, omnichord, vibraphone, organ, bass clarinet, percussion, euphonium
• Austin Nevins – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, e-bow, lap steel, glockenspiel, banjo, mando guitar, baritone ukulele, percussion
• Liam Hurley – drums, percussion
• Sam Kassirer — electric piano, piano, organs, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion, samples

• Dawn Landes — backing vocals
• Allie Moss — backing vocals
• Jesse Neuman – trumpet, electronics
• Rob Jost — French horn
• Tony Barba — tenor saxophone, flute

• Produced by Sam Kassirer
• Recorded at the Great North Sound Society, Parsonsfield, Maine, from August 2008 to October 2009
• Mixed by Brandon Eggleston at Secret Society, Portland, Oregon
• Engineered by Sam Kassirer, Brandon Eggleston and Dan Cardinal
• Additional recording by Jim Smith at Saltlands Studio, Brooklyn, New York, and by Austin Nevins at Austin's Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts
• Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering

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