| Maraqopa | ||||
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| Studio album by Damien Jurado | ||||
| Released | February 21, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Folk Rock, Indie Folk | |||
| Length | 36:12 | |||
| Label | Secretly Canadian | |||
| Producer | Richard Swift | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (81/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The A.V. Club | (A-) |
| Consequence of Sound | |
| Paste Magazine | (8.0/10) |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.6/10) |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |
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.
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."