{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Maraqopa | type = studio | artist = Damien Jurado | cover = Maraqopa.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2012|02|21}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Folk rock, indie folk | length = {{Duration|m=36|s=12}} | label = Secretly Canadian | producer = Richard Swift | prev_title = Saint Bartlett | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son | next_year = 2014 }}
'''''Maraqopa''''' is the tenth studio album by American rock musician Damien Jurado, produced by Richard Swift. It was released on February 21, 2012, on Secretly Canadian.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vitcavage|first=Adam|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/11/damien-jurado-announces-maraqopa-details.html|title=Damien Jurado announces Maraqopa details|work=Paste|publisher=Wolfgang's Vault|date=November 16, 2011|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref>
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."<ref>Miller, Joshua M. [http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=41910 "Damien Jurado relocates a Wisconsin landmark to the cover of new album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son"], ''The Daily Page ISTHMUS'', 23 January 2014. Retrieved on 26 January 2014.</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Nothing Is the News | length1 = 5:34 | title2 = Life Away from the Garden | length2 = 2:51 | title3 = Maraqopa | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = This Time Next Year | length4 = 3:59 | title5 = Reel to Reel | length5 = 4:31 | title6 = Working Titles | length6 = 3:44 | title7 = Everyone a Star | length7 = 4:21 | title8 = So On, Nevada | length8 = 2:31 | title9 = Museum of Flight | length9 = 2:49 | title10 = Mountains Still Asleep | length10 = 2:18 }}
{{Music ratings <!-- Aggregate scores --> | MC = 81/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/maraqopa|title=Maraqopa by Damien Jurado|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> <!-- Reviewers --> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/maraqopa-r2372619/review|title=Maraqopa - Damien Jurado|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Alternative Press'' | rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>The result is near-perfection. [Mar 2012, p.97]</ref> | rev3 = ''The A.V. Club'' | rev3Score = A−<ref name="AVC">{{cite web|last=Martins|first=Chris|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/damien-jurado-maraqopa,69607/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223132221/http://www.avclub.com/articles/damien-jurado-maraqopa,69607/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2012|title=Damien Jurado: Maraqopa|work=The A.V. Club|publisher=The Onion|date=February 21, 2012|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Consequence of Sound'' | rev4Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="CofS">{{cite web|last=Litowitz|first=Drew|url=https://consequence.net/2012/02/album-review-damien-jurado-maraqopa/|title=Album Review: Damien Jurado – Maraqopa|publisher=Consequence of Sound|date=February 23, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2012|archive-date=March 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330165225/http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/02/album-review-damien-jurado-maraqopa/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>One of the most compelling [albums of his 15-year career]. [Apr 2012, p.95]</ref> | rev6 = ''musicOMH'' | rev6score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/damien-jurado-maraqopa|title=Damien Jurado – Maraqopa|website=musicOMH|last=Langham|first=Matt|date=20 February 2012|access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Paste'' | rev7Score = 8.0/10<ref name="Paste">{{cite web|last=Bailey|first=Rachel|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/damien-jurado-maraqopa.html|title=Damien Jurado: Maraqopa|work=Paste|publisher=Wolfgang's Vault|date=February 21, 2012|accessdate=March 13, 2012|archive-date=February 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223162703/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/02/damien-jurado-maraqopa.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8Score = 7.6/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16318-maraqopa/|title=Damien Jurado: Maraqopa|website=Pitchfork|date=February 22, 2012|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Tiny Mix Tapes'' | rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="TMT">{{cite web|last=Vodicka|first=Gabe|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/damien-jurado-maraqopa|title=Damien Jurado - Maraqopa|publisher=Tiny Mix Tapes|accessdate=March 13, 2012}}</ref> | rev10 = ''Uncut'' | rev10score = 8/10<ref>Here the pair [Richard Swift and Damien Jurado] resume roles for an equally enchanting follow-up. [Feb 2012, p.96]</ref> }}
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