Roots & Crowns

Roots & Crowns is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Califone. It was released on October 10, 2006, on Thrill Jockey.

Roots & Crowns
Studio album by
Califone
ReleasedOctober 10, 2006 (2006-10-10)
RecordedOctober 2005 – May 2006
GenrePost-rock, folk, experimental
LabelThrill Jockey (thrill 163)
Califone chronology
Everybody's Mother Vol. 1
(2005)		 Roots & Crowns
(2006)		 All My Friends Are Funeral Singers
(2009)

The LP version of the album contains different artwork. The song "The Orchids" is a cover of the Psychic TV song of the same name.

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Boston Phoenix[3]
The Irish Times[4]
Now4/5[5]
Pitchfork8.7/10[6]
Spin[7]
Stylus MagazineA−[8]
Uncut[9]

Pitchfork placed Roots & Crowns at number 168 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.[10]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pink & Sour"4:13
2."Spider's House"3:47
3."Sunday Noises"2:50
4."The Eye You Lost in the Crusades"4:42
5."A Chinese Actor"4:18
6."Our Kitten Sees Ghosts"2:47
7."Alice Crawley"0:37
8."The Orchids"2:55
9."Burned by the Christians"3:55
10."Black Metal Valentine"6:16
11."Rose Petal Ear"2:09
12."3 Legged Animals"4:08
13."If You Would"5:43
Total length:48:19

References
  1. "Reviews for Roots & Crowns by Califone". Metacritic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  2. Westergaard, Sean. "Roots and Crowns – Califone". AllMusic. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  3. Vozick-Levinson, Simon W. (October 30, 2006). "Califone: Roots and Crowns". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. Carroll, Jim (November 17, 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)". The Irish Times. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  5. Whittall, Zoe (November 16, 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey)". Now. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. Petrusich, Amanda (October 9, 2006). "Califone: Roots and Crowns". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  7. Modell, Josh (November 2006). "Califone: Roots & Crowns". Spin. 22 (11): 97. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  8. Gaerig, Andrew (October 11, 2006). "Califone – Roots and Crowns – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  9. "Califone: Roots and Crowns". Uncut (114): 101. November 2006.
  10. Pitchfork staff (September 28, 2009). "The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s". Pitchfork. p. 2. Retrieved October 1, 2009.



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