Maraqopa

Studio album by Damien Jurado

Released

February 21, 2012

Genre

Folk Rock, Indie Folk

Length

36:12

Damien Jurado chronology

Saint Bartlett
(2010)

Maraqopa
(2012)

Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
(2014)

Maraqopa is the tenth studio album by American rock musician Damien Jurado, produced by Richard Swift. It was released on 21 February 2012, on Secretly Canadian.^[1]

The story follows a man who disappears from society. He takes nothing with him except a couple hundred dollars and stumbles upon a mysterious place called Maraqopa. "He's discovering a lot of interesting things about who he is," Jurado explains. "He ends up leaving Maraqopa after a while, and then he gets into a car accident." ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nothing is the News"	5:34
2.	"Life Away from the Garden"	2:51
3.	"Maraqopa"	3:41
4.	"This Time Next Year"	3:59
5.	"Reel to Reel"	4:31
6.	"Working Titles"	3:44
7.	"Everyone a Star"	4:21
8.	"So On, Nevada"	2:31
9.	"Museum of Flight"	2:49
10.	"Mountains Still Asleep"	2:18

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(81/100)^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The A.V. Club	(A-)^[5]
Consequence of Sound	^[6]
Paste Magazine	(8.0/10)^[7]
Pitchfork Media	(7.6/10)^[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[9]

References

↑ Vitcavage, Adam. "Damien Jurado announces Maraqopa details", Paste Magazine, 16 November 2011. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Miller, Joshua M. "Damien Jurado relocates a Wisconsin landmark to the cover of new album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son", The Daily Page ISTHMUS, 23 January 2014. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.
↑ Maraqopa. Metacritic. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
↑ Thomas, Fred. "Maraqopa - Damien Jurado", AllMusic. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Martins, Chris. "Damien Jurado: Maraqopa", The A.V. Club. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Litowitz, Drew. "Album Review: Damien Jurado – Maraqopa", Consequence of Sound. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Bailey, Rachel. "Damien Jurado: Maraqopa", Paste Magazine. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Damien Jurado: Maraqopa", Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.
↑ Vodicka, Gabe. "Damien Jurado - Maraqopa". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved on 13 March 2012.

Damien Jurado

Studio albums	Waters Ave. S. Rehearsals for Departure Postcards and Audio Letters Ghost of David I Break Chairs Where Shall You Take Me? On My Way to Absence And Now That I'm in Your Shadow Caught in the Trees Saint Bartlett Maraqopa Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son Visions of Us on the Land

Live albums	This Fabulous Century

Compilations	Live at Landlocked

EPs	Motorbike Trampoline Vary Gathered in Song Four Songs Holding His Breath Just in Time for Something Traded for Fire/Ghost of David (split with Dolorean) Gathered in Song LEM: Volume 1, January 2010 Our Turn to Shine Diamond Sea/Pentagrams Clouds Beyond/Let As All In Wyoming Songbirds/Ghost of David (The Return) The Maraqopa Sessions

Singles	"Halo Friendly" "Chevrolet" "Letters & Drawings" "Big Let Down / Make Up Your Mind" "Ohio" "Exit 353"

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