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Natural is an album by The Mekons.[10][11] It was released on 21 August 2007 by Quarterstick Records.[12]

Natural
Studio album by The Mekons
Released	21 August 2007
Genre	Post-punk, Alternative country
Length	46:15
Label	Quarterstick Records[1]
The Mekons chronology
Punk Rock (2004) Natural (2007) Ancient and Modern 1911-2011 (2011)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77%[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The A.V. Club	B−[4]
Robert Christgau	B+[5]
musicOMH	[6]
Pitchfork Media	7.9/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[9]

Production

The album was recorded in four days in the Lake District, England, the band's first album to be recorded in their homeland in 16 years.[13] Tom Greenhalgh and Jon Langford were the only original Mekons to play on the album.[14]

Critical reception

PopMatters wrote that the band "turn the volume down, break out the wooden instruments and craft haunting, bone-clinking songs about mortality."[12] Spin wrote that the Mekons are "at their red-eyed best here, skirting the edges of chaos on ragged-but-right tunes like the harmonica-fueled tall tale 'The Old Fox' and the fractured reggae shuffle 'Cockermouth.'”[15] Exclaim! called Natural "a stirring folk punk record that recalls the organic eclecticism of the Clash's Sandinista!"[14]

Track listing

1. "Dark Dark Dark" – 4:57
2. "Dickie Chalkie and Nobby" – 3:05
3. "The Old Fox" – 3:50
4. "White Stone Door" – 3:58
5. "Shocking Curse Bird" – 2:41
6. "Give Me Wine or Money" – 3:19
7. "Diamonds" – 4:06
8. "Burning in the Desert Burning" – 3:44
9. "The Hope and the Anchor" – 3:36
10. "Cockermouth" – 5:03
11. "Zeroes and Ones" – 3:47
12. "Perfect Mirror" – 4:19
13. "Old Fox Lu Version" (mp3 only bonus track)

References

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