World Music (Goat album)

World Music is the debut album by Swedish alternative band Goat that was released on 20 August 2012 on Stranded Rekords (Sweden) and Rocket Recordings (UK). It was hailed as one of the best albums of 2012 by The Guardian newspaper.^{[citation needed]}

World Music
Studio album by Goat
Released	20 August 2012
Recorded	2012
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	37:39
Label	Rocket Recordings
Goat chronology
World Music (2012) Commune (2014)
Singles from World Music
"Goatman" Released: 20 February 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Austin Chronicle	^[2]
Clash	8/10^[3]
Drowned in Sound	7/10^[4]
Gaffa (Swedish edition)	^[5]
The Guardian	^[6]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10^[7]
musicOMH	^[8]
Pitchfork	8.1/10^[9]
PopMatters	8/10^[10]

The album entered the Swedish Albums Chart at number 8 on week ending 19 October 2012.

Track listing

1. "Diarabi" (2:56)
2. "Goatman" (4:15)
3. "Goathead" (5:40)
4. "Disco Fever" (4:24)
5. "Golden Dawn" (2:50)
6. "Let It Bleed" (3:54)
7. "Run to Your Mama" (2:22)
8. "Goatlord" (3:04)
9. "Det som aldrig förändras / Diarabi" (7:44)

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[11]	8

References

1. "World Music by Goat". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
2. Winkie, Luke (26 April 2013). "Goat: World Music (Stranded Rekords)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
3. Freeman, John (15 August 2012). "Goat – World Music". Clash. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
4. Catling, Simon Jay (20 August 2012). . Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
5. Andersson, Daniel (10 August 2012). "Goat: World Music". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 September 2017.
6. Hughes, Tom (20 December 2012). "Goat: World Music – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
7. Oinonen, Janne (29 August 2012). "Goat – World Music". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
8. Shepherd, Sam (20 August 2012). "Goat – World Music". musicOMH. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
9. Currin, Grayson (26 October 2012). "GOAT: World Music". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
10. Hayes, Craig (15 November 2012). "Goat: World Music". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
11. "Swedishcharts.com – Goat – World Music". Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 September 2017.