IV (Black Mountain album)

IV is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band, Black Mountain, released on April 1, 2016. The five-and-a-half year gap between two studio albums is the longest to date. It is also the band's first album of new work since their 2012 soundtrack album for Year Zero.

IV
Studio album by Black Mountain
Released	April 1, 2016
Genre	Alternative rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Length	56:14
Label	Jagjaguwar
Producer	Black Mountain
Black Mountain chronology
Year Zero: The Original Soundtrack (2012) IV (2016) Destroyer (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Classic Rock	[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Exclaim!	7/10[5]
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Uncut	[8]
NPR	Positive[9]
No Ripcord	[10]
Under the Radar	[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mothers of the Sun"	8:34
2.	"Florian Saucer Attack"	3:24
3.	"Defector"	4:02
4.	"You Can Dream"	5:32
5.	"Constellations"	4:01
6.	"Line Them All Up"	3:54
7.	"Cemetery Breeding"	4:10
8.	"(Over and Over) The Chain"	8:48
9.	"Crucify Me"	4:45
10.	"Space to Bakersfield"	9:04
Total length:		56:14

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	117
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14]	97
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	44
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[16]	31
US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard)[17]	7
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[18]	46
US Vinyl Albums (Billboard)[19]	12