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Ears Like Golden Bats
Studio album by My Teenage Stride
Released	February 20, 2007
Genre	Indie pop
Length	37:08
Label	Becalmed Records
Producer	Jedediah Smith
My Teenage Stride chronology
Major Major (2005) Ears Like Golden Bats (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Ears Like Golden Bats is the third album by My Teenage Stride. Lawrence Lui of CokemachineGlow.com gave it a 69% rating, stating "taking C86 pastoralism and refracting it through the prism of ‘90s lo-fi Amer-indie, Ears Like Golden Bats projects a treble-happy modesty that can be at once charming and cloying". Jennifer Kelly of PopMatters described it as "wonderful stuff". Alistair Fitchett, in Tangents, described it as "one of the finer albums of the year". Magnet featured it in its top 20 albums of 2008 list, and it has appeared on many top 10, 20, and 100 album and song lists in the blogosphere.

Track listing

All songs written by Jedediah Smith.

1. "Reception" – 2:11
2. "That Should Stand for Something" – 2:20
3. "To Live and Die in the Airport Lounge" – 3:43
4. "Actors' Colony" – 1:35
5. "Ears Like Golden Bats" – 2:20
6. "The Genie of New Jersey" – 2:47
7. "Terror Bends" – 2:40
8. "Reversal" – 2:48
9. "Chock's Rally" – 2:24
10. "Heartless & Cruel" – 2:17
11. "Ruin" – 2:53
12. "We'll Meet at Emily's" – 2:59
13. "Depression Kicks" – 3:23
14. "Boys Will Tell" – 3:31

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Lawrence Lui. "Review of Ears Like Golden Bats". cokemachineglow.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
3. Jennifer Kelly. "Review of Ears Like Golden Bats". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
4. Alistair Fitchett. "Pure Joy Wins Out Again". Tangents.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2007.

• 2007 albums
• My Teenage Stride albums