Get Lonely

Get Lonely is the tenth studio album by the Mountain Goats, released in the UK on August 21, 2006 on 4AD. It was released in the US on the following day, August 22, and in Japan on December 6, 2006. It peaked at #193 on the Billboard top 200 album chart. At least four outtakes from the album circulate - 'Naming Day', 'Keeping House', 'They are Stone Swallowers' and 'Going Invisible'.

Get Lonely
Studio album by the Mountain Goats
Released	August 21, 2006
Genre	Folk rock indie rock
Length	42:36
Label	4AD
Producer	Scott Solter
The Mountain Goats chronology
The Sunset Tree (2005) Get Lonely (2006) Heretic Pride (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	7.6/10[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Spin	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Darnielle, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wild Sage"	4:13
2.	"New Monster Avenue"	3:38
3.	"Half Dead"	3:26
4.	"Get Lonely"	3:50
5.	"Maybe Sprout Wings"	2:46
6.	"Moon Over Goldsboro"	5:02
7.	"In the Hidden Places"	4:21
8.	"Song for Lonely Giants"	3:10
9.	"Woke Up New"	2:57
10.	"If You See Light"	1:58
11.	"Cobra Tattoo"	3:10
12.	"In Corolla" (John Darnielle, Franklin Bruno)	4:05
Total length:		42:36

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Naming Day"	3:11
14.	"They Are Stone Swallowers"	3:08
15.	"Keeping House"	2:38
Total length:		51:33

Personnel

• John Darnielle - vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Peter Hughes - bass, percussion, vibraphone
• Franklin Bruno - piano, organ, horn arrangements, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Corey Fogel - drums
• Erik Friedlander - cello, string arrangements
• Gene Baker - trumpet
• Jen Baker - trombone
• Scott Solter - percussion, vibraphone, "landscapes", production
• Aaron Prellwitz - engineering
• Timin Murray - engineering