The Animal Years

Infobox Album
Name = The Animal Years
Type = studio
Artist = Josh Ritter


Released = March 20, 2006 (UK)
April 11, 2006 (U.S.)
Recorded =
Genre = Folk
Length = 49:22
Label = V2
Producer = Brian Deck
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9d0yl36xpsb~T1 link]
*"The A.V. Club" (A-) [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/47584 link]
*Prefix Magazine (8.0/10) [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/J/Josh-Ritter/The-Animal-Years/2229 link]
*"Mojo" Rating|4|5
*"Q" Rating|4|5
Last album = "Hello Starling"
(2003)
This album = "The Animal Years"
(2006)
Next album = "In The Dark - Live At Vicar Street"
(2006)

"The Animal Years" is an album by Josh Ritter, released on April 19 2006.

Ritter told a crowd in Washington DC that " [the album] was about the United States of America, but it came out like a love song."Fact|date=August 2007

Track listing

#"Girl in the War" – 4:23
#"Wolves" – 4:04
#"Monster Ballads" – 4:05
#"Lillian, Egypt" – 3:24
#"Idaho" – 3:51
#"In the Dark" – 4:41
#"One More Mouth" – 3:29
#"Good Man" – 4:09
#"Best for the Best" – 3:58
#"Thin Blue Flame" – 9:38
#"Here at the Right Time" – 3:40

Trivia

* "Good Man" was featured on the season finale of the third season of "House".
* Stephen King rated "The Animal Years" the best album of 2006 in an [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1564519,00.html article] for Entertainment Weekly.

External links

* [http://www.joshritter.com/album_animal.shtml Lyrics]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5396321 NPR performance and interview]