Along the Way
Studio album by
Mark McGuire
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)
Length67:31
LabelDead Oceans
ProducerMark McGuire
Mark McGuire chronology
Get Lost
(2011)		 Along the Way
(2014)		 Beyond Belief
(2015)
Singles from Along the Way
  1. "The Instinct"
    Released: 2013

Along the Way is a solo studio album by Mark McGuire, a former member of Emeralds. It was released on Dead Oceans on February 4, 2014.[1] "The Instinct" was released as a single from the album.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blurt[5]
Fact3/5[6]
The 4058/10[7]
The Line of Best Fit[8]
MusicOMH[9]
NME7/10[10]
Pitchfork7.9/10[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes[12]
Under the Radar[13]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "Along the Way represents the most ambitious material from McGuire to date, including deeper production and a plethora of various instruments that never made it into the laser-focused explorations of solo guitar that made up previous albums."[4] He added: "It's an incredible feat for an artist to make something so enormous and unfolding without losing himself in the process, but McGuire has done just that, and as a result has turned in his most detailed and soul-searching work."[4] Tom Fenwick of Under the Radar gave the album 7 stars out of 10, writing: "Carving out layers of sound from digital percussion, distant auto-tuned vocals, and washes of synthesized atmospherics, he surrounds them with his virtuosic playing of electric and acoustic guitar."[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mark McGuire

I: To All Present in the Hall of Learning
No.TitleLength
1."Awakening"1:20
2."Wonderland of Living Things"2:51
3."In Search of the Miraculous"5:53
4."To the Macrobes (Where Do I Go?)"5:05
5."Astray"1:55
II: The Age of Revealing
No.TitleLength
6."Silent Weapons (The Architects of Manipulation)"5:14
7."The Instinct"12:00
III: After the Heavy Rains
No.TitleLength
8."The Human Condition (Song for My Father)"4:11
9."For the Friendships (Along the Way)"8:30
10."Arrival Begins the Next Departure"5:11
IV: To the Palace of the Self
No.TitleLength
11."The War on Consciousness"6:05
12."The Lonelier Way"5:37
13."Turiya (The Same Way)"3:47
Total length:67:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Mark McGuire – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, santur, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, talkbox, percussion, drum machine, tape samples, electronics, effects, production, arrangement, mixing, photography, design, layout
  • James Plotkin – mastering
  • Daniel Murphy – design, layout

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (January 27, 2014). "Stream Mark McGuire Along the Way". Stereogum. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Alex (August 22, 2013). "Mark McGuire Releases New 12-Inch off 'Along the Way'". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Along the Way by Mark McGuire". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 Thomas, Fred. "Mark McGuire - Along the Way". AllMusic. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ Mills, Fred (April 11, 2014). "Mark McGuire – Along the Way". Blurt. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ Pattison, Louis (February 24, 2014). "Along the Way". Fact. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ Morrison, John (February 3, 2014). "Mark McGuire - Along The Way". The 405. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  8. ↑ Lo, Chris (January 28, 2014). "Mark McGuire – Along The Way". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  9. ↑ Meller, David (January 29, 2014). "Mark McGuire – Along The Way". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  10. ↑ Snapes, Laura (January 30, 2014). "Mark McGuire - 'Along The Way'". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  11. ↑ Currin, Grayson Haver (February 6, 2014). "Mark McGuire: Along the Way". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  12. ↑ Phillips, Matthew. "Mark McGuire - Along the Way". Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  13. 1 2 Fenwick, Tom (February 7, 2014). "Mark McGuire: Along the Way". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
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