''Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood'' is the eighth studio album by the American

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act

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, self-produced by primary recording artist

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. The album was released on 17 February 2017 on

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. It is a

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and comprises 16 tracks in total, being Sun Kil Moon's longest album to date.

Reception

Upon its release, ''Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood'' received positive reviews from music critics. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album currently holds an average score of 65, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In a positive review for Chorus.fm, Aaron Mook writes, "''Common as Light and Love'' is strange and flawed and beautiful all at once, sometimes all within the span of one eight-minute song," concluding, "regardless of general spottiness, Kozelek is ''still'' capable of creating moments of true beauty and unique insight."

Track listing

Personnel

– composer, instrumentation, photography, producer *

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– drums, percussion * Nick Zubeck – bass guitar, composer, keyboards * Forrest Day – saxophone * Will Chason – recording, mixing * Nathan Winter – engineer, mixing * Brian Azer – design

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2017 albums Sun Kil Moon albums Caldo Verde Records albums