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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.

Mountain Rock
Studio album by
Dear Nora
Released
  • May 18, 2004 (original release)
  • January 13, 2017 (re-issue)
RecordedDecember 2003
Studio
  • Peggy Davidson's living room (Cave Creek, Arizona)
  • Bea Rector's quonset hut (Catalina, Arizona)
  • A kitchen in Lower Haight (San Francisco, California)
Genre
  • Anti-folk
  • folk-pop
  • indie pop
  • lo-fi
Length31:58
Label
  • Magic Marker Records (2004 release)
  • Orindal Records (2017 reissue)
ProducerKaty Davidson
Dear Nora chronology
The New Year
(2002)		 Mountain Rock
(2004)		 There Is No Home
(2006)

Composition


Mountain Rock has been applauded as an "overlooked anti-folk masterpiece" and an "indie pop masterpiece".[1][2] It has also been called a "lo-fi folk-pop classic".[3]


Critical reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Pitchfork8.3/10[5]
PopMatters[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]

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".[5]


References


  1. Patrick D. McDermott (January 9, 2017). "Revisit Dear Nora's Mountain Rock, An Overlooked Anti-Folk Classic". The Fader. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  2. Mo Troper (January 20, 2017). "Dear Nora Returns to "Mountain Rock"". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. "Mountain Rock (2017 reissue) by Dear Nora". Bandcamp. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  4. Kenyon Hopkin. "Mountain Rock - Dear Nora - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  5. Quinn Moreland (January 16, 2017). "Dear Nora: Mountain Rock Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. Dave Heaton (November 30, 2004). "Dear Nora: Mountain Rock". PopMatters. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  7. "Dear Nora - Mountain Rock - Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved July 12, 2021.


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