''Ancient Romans'' is the fifth solo studio album by Cameron Stallones as
Sun Araw. It was released on Sun Ark Records and
Drag City on August 23, 2011.
Critical reception
At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 16 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[
Paul Thompson of '']Pitchfork
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'' described the album as "another fever dream of dub-mottled organ grind and guitar squiggle, at once elemental and futuristic."[ Ned Raggett of ]AllMusic
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wrote, "Throughout the album the sense is of rough experimentation, a kind of direct curiosity in the collision of sampled loops, echoed vocals, bursting bass, and random moments."[ Adam Kivel of '']Consequence of Sound
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'' commented that "You can't help but move along to some of the entrancing, pulsing drones found on ''Ancient Romans''; altogether, another epic, grandiose, striking LP from one of the best and most underrated musicians of the moment."[
'']The Wire
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'' placed the album at number 12 on the "Top 50 Releases of the Year" list.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Sun Araw – performance, engineering, mixing
* Bobb Bruno – engineering
* Matthew Koshak – mixing
* Sonic Boom
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– mastering
References
External links
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2011 albums