Light Up Gold

Light Up Gold
Studio album by
Parquet Courts
ReleasedAugust 18, 2012
GenreIndie rock
Length33:06
Labels
  • Dull Tools
  • What's Your Rupture?
ProducerJonathan Schenke
Parquet Courts chronology
American Specialties
(2011)		 Light Up Gold
(2012)		 Tally All the Things That You Broke
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.0/10
Metacritic84/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
The GuardianStarStarStarStarStar
The Irish TimesStarStarStarStar
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−
NME9/10
Pitchfork8.0/10
QStarStarStarStar
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar
Spin8/10
Uncut8/10

Light Up Gold is the second studio album by American indie rock band Parquet Courts, initially released on August 18, 2012 on the lead frontman Andrew Savage's label Dull Tools. It was later released on a larger label, What's Your Rupture?, on January 15, 2013.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Parquet Courts.

No.TitleLength
1."Master of My Craft"3:10
2."Borrowed Time"2:32
3."Donuts Only"1:21
4."Yr No Stoner"1:50
5."Yonder Is Closer to the Heart"2:59
6."Careers in Combat"1:07
7."Light Up Gold I"0:18
8."Light Up Gold II"1:13
9."N Dakota"2:19
10."Stoned and Starving"5:11
11."No Ideas"2:37
12."Caster of Worthless Spells"1:18
13."Disney P.T."1:12
14."Tears O Plenty"3:16
15."Picture of Health"2:45
Total length:33:06

Personnel

Parquet Courts
Recording personnel

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone Staff (January 10, 2025). "The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 14, 2025. These Texas transplants in Brooklyn seemed to pack the whole history of indie rock into the lickety-split guitar zone outs on their second album...
  2. ↑ "Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Reviews for Light Up Gold by Parquet Courts". Metacritic. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "Light Up Gold – Parquet Courts". AllMusic. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Tom (January 10, 2013). "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold – review". The Guardian. London. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  6. ↑ Carroll, Jim (January 25, 2013). "Parquet Courts". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (February 26, 2013). "Parquet Courts/Alt-J". MSN Music. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  8. ↑ Wilkinson, Matt (January 24, 2013). "Parquet Courts – 'Light Up Gold'". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ Thompson, Paul (January 14, 2013). "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold". Q (323): 104. June 2013.
  11. ↑ Dolan, Jon (January 28, 2013). "Light Up Gold". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  12. ↑ Menconi, David (January 11, 2013). "Parquet Courts, 'Light Up Gold' (Dull Tools/What's Your Rupture?)". Spin. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Parquet Courts: Light Up Gold". Uncut (193): 78. June 2013.