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The Life of the World to Come is an album by The Mountain Goats released on October 6, 2009.[1] The third track, "Genesis 3:23", was released as a free download via the band's website on July 28. The album peaked at #110 on the Billboard Top 200 albums on its chart debut.

Continuing in their exploration of religious themes, The Life of the World to Come is composed of twelve tracks, each one inspired by (and titled after) a single verse of the Christian Bible. The album's title comes from a line of the Nicene Creed.[2]

Track listing

  1. "1 Samuel 15:23" - 4:07
  2. "Psalms 40:2" - 3:13
  3. "Genesis 3:23" - 3:10
  4. "Philippians 3:20–21" - 3:03
  5. "Hebrews 11:40" - 2:48
  6. "Genesis 30:3" - 3:24
  7. "Romans 10:9" - 2:42
  8. "1 John 4:16" - 3:09
  9. "Matthew 25:21" - 5:47
  10. "Deuteronomy 2:10" - 3:21
  11. "Isaiah 45:23" - 3:38
  12. "Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace" - 4:46

The Life of the World in Flux

Early copies of the album sold via Rough Trade's physical and online stores featured a bonus disc, The Life of the World in Flux. It contains early drafts of most of songs which appears on the main album and some that do not, and stylistically resembles both the band's pre-2002 albums and the 2005 Come, Come to the Sunset Tree LP.

  1. "Deuteronomy 2:10"
  2. "Daniel 12:8 (third)"
  3. "Matthew 25:21"
  4. "1 John 4:16"
  5. "Isaiah 45:23"
  6. "Hebrews 11:40"
  7. "Psalms 40:2"
  8. "Philippians 3:20-21"
  9. "Genesis 3:23"
  10. "Proverbs 6:27"
  11. "Romans 10:9"
  12. "Matthew 11:14-19"
  13. "Enoch 18:14"

The Life of the World to Come: A film by Rian Johnson

In 2009, Rian Johnson filmed Darnielle performing songs from the album at Pomona College, where Darnielle had previously performed as an eight-year-old piano student. The film was screened at selected venues in 2010, and 1,500 copies were released on DVD for Record Store Day.

  1. Intro
  2. Enoch 18:14
  3. Genesis 30:3
  4. 1 John 4:16
  5. 1 Samuel 15:23
  6. Genesis 3:23
  7. Isaiah 45:23
  8. Philippians 3:20–21
  9. Psalms 40:2
  10. Romans 10:9
  11. Hebrews 11:40
  12. Matthew 25:21
  13. Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace

References

  1. ^ "The Mountain Goats News Archive - The Good News". mountain-goats.com.
  2. ^ "The Mountain Goats, "The Life of the World to Come" (4AD) Spin Magazine Online". Retrieved 2009-11-17.


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