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The Fiery Margin

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The Fiery Margin
Studio album by
Released13 September 2019 (2019-09-13)
Length39:04
LabelDrag City
Alasdair Roberts chronology
What News
(2018)
The Fiery Margin
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Skinny[3]

The Fiery Margin is a studio album by Scottish musician Alasdair Roberts. It was released on 13 September 2019 by Drag City Records.[4] Monorail record shop in Glasgow released an exclusive edition featuring a bonus CD, Where the East Toucheth the West, which includes live versions of five of the album's tracks, recorded at gigs in July 2019.[5]

In October 2019, the Fiery Margin Tour was announced for Scotland and England.[6]

"The Untrue Womb" is a version of the song appearing on the 2011 charity album by The Fruit Tree Foundation.

Critical reception

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The Fiery Margin was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 5 reviews.[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."False Flesh"4:16
2."The Evernew Tongue"3:02
3."Europe"5:06
4."Comments"3:55
5."A Keen"2:55
6."The Stranger With the Scythe"3:33
7."Actore"3:22
8."Common Clay"4:26
9."Learning Is Eternal"4:46
10."The Untrue Womb"3:43

References

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  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ Bowman, Jamie (17 September 2019). "The Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ Shepherd, Fiona (16 September 2019). "Alasdair Roberts on mining the Middle Ages for new album The Fiery Margin". The Scotsman. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Alasdair Roberts :: The Fiery Margin Signed Copies + Bonus Live CD".
  6. ^ "The Fiery Margin Tour". Alasdairroberts.com. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.