Admiral Fell Promises is the third album of original material, and fourth overall, from Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon is a music project of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake the writing, composing, singing, and guitar playing, accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass...

. The album was released on July 13, 2010 through Caldo Verde Records

Caldo Verde Records

Caldo Verde Records is a San Francisco-based indie rock and folk record label founded by Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek in 2005. The label primarily features releases by Kozelek and Sun Kil Moon, but has also released albums by Jesu, Corrina Repp, Retribution Gospel...

. Despite being released under the Sun Kil Moon moniker, the album is just Mark Kozelek solo on acoustic nylon-string guitar. Along with the standard CD release, the album was also released on vinyl in October 2010, which includes liner notes, lyrics, and two bonus tracks recorded live in Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.-Demographics:The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season...

, France

France

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A live version of the title track previously appeared on Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek is an American singer/songwriter Producer and frontman of Sun Kil Moon and Red House Painters.-History:...

's 2001 solo release White Christmas Live

White Christmas Live

White Christmas Live is a live album by Mark Kozelek. It was recorded during three shows in November and December 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden; Göteborg, Sweden; and Oslo, Norway. The album was released by Sub Pop in the US only and was limited to 5,000 copies...

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Critical reception

Admiral Fell Promises was released to generally positive reviews. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

Standard score

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 rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a favorable score of 77, based on 16 reviews.

Track listing

I'll Be There EP

A bonus EP titled I'll Be There was included with all purchases from Caldo Verde Records' website only upon the album's release date. Three of the four tracks are cover versions, with songs by Stereolab

Stereolab

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, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Casiotone for the Painfully Alone was the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth of Redwood City, California.-History:Ashworth started CFTPA after he dropped out of film school in 1997...

, and The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5

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 reinterpreted. "I'll Be There" was originally performed live by Kozelek in the aftermath of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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's death

Death of Michael Jackson

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Credits

• Produced by Mark Kozelek
• Engineered by Aaron Prellwitz
• Photography by Nyree Watts
• Design by David Rager