Magic Ship is the second studio album by American folk trio Mountain Man. It was released on September 21, 2018 under Bella Union in Europe and Nonesuch Records worldwide.
Critical reception Magic Ship 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 73, based on 8 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 75 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.
James Christopher Monger from AllMusic explained: "Magic Ship delivers a listening experience that's akin to eavesdropping. So unadorned are these largely a cappella songs, both on the production and execution side of the sonic equation, that it feels a bit like somebody stuck a microphone through a cracked door and caught Sarle, Sauser-Monnig, and Meath unaware."
Accolades +Accolades for Magic Ship Publication Accolade Rank Drift Records Drift Records Top 100 Albums of 2018 PopMatters PopMatters Top 20 Folk Albums of 2018
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Charts +Chart performance for Magic Ship Chart (2018) Peakposition
Personnel Amelia Meath – vocals Molly Sarlé – guitar, vocals Alexandra Sauser-Monnig – guitar, vocals
Release history Region Date Format Label Catalogue Worldwide September 21, 2018 Nonesuch Records 571939-1UK/Europe Bella Union BELLA822V
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