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M. Ward – Hold Time
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Label: 4AD – CAD 2904
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:
Released: 2009
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Alternative Rock
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A1 For Beginners
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Written-By – M. Ward
A2 Never Had Nobody Like You
Guitar, Vocals, Bass – M. Ward
Percussion – Adam Selzer
Vocals – Zooey Deschanel
Written-By – M. Ward
A3 Jailbird
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass – M. Ward
Percussion – Adam Selzer
Strings – Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman
Written-By – M. Ward
A4 Hold Time
Arranged By [Strings] – M. Ward
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Bass [Upright] – Bill Ritchie
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Percussion – Mike Mogis
Strings – Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman
Written-By – M. Ward
B1 Rave On
Arranged By – M. Ward
Guitar, Vocals, Bass – M. Ward
Percussion – Adam Selzer
Percussion, Bells – Mike Mogis
Vocals – Zooey Deschanel
Written-By – Bill Tilghman, Norman Petty, Sonny West
B2 To Save Me
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Keyboards, Vocals, Guitar – Jason Lytle
Mandolin, Percussion – Mike Mogis
Percussion – Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu
Written-By – M. Ward
B3 One Hundred Million Years
Written-By, Performer, Engineer – M. Ward
C1 Stars Of Leo
Bass, Percussion – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Percussion, Keyboards, Bells – Mike Mogis
Written-By – M. Ward
C2 Fisher Of Men
Arranged By [Strings] – M. Ward
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Percussion – Rachel Blumberg
Strings – Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman
Written-By – M. Ward
C3 Oh Lonesome Me
Arranged By – M. Ward
Arranged By [Strings] – M. Ward
Bass [Upright] – Bill Ritchie
Bass, Percussion – Mike Coykendall
Cello – Dave Campbell*
Mandolin – Mike Mogis
Viola – Allison Stewart
Violin – Elin Palmer, Heather Broderick, Tom Hagerman
Vocals – Lucinda Williams
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – M. Ward
Written-By – Don Gibson
C4 Epistemology
Arranged By [Strings] – M. Ward
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals – M. Ward
Mandolin – Mike Mogis
Percussion – Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu
Written-By – M. Ward
D1 Blake's View
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – M. Ward
Written-By – M. Ward
D2 Shangri-la
Written-By, Performer, Engineer – M. Ward
D3 Outro (Aka : I'm A Fool To Want You)
Arranged By – M. Ward
Arranged By [Strings] – M. Ward
Bass – Mike Coykendall
Guitar, Keyboards – M. Ward
Percussion – Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu
Strings – Tom Hagerman
Written-By – Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron*
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Artwork By [Concept] – M. Ward
Artwork By [Moths And Flies, Album Layout] – Dana Bruington
Engineer – Adam Selzer (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B2, C2, C4, D3), Mike Coykendall (tracks: A1, A4, C1, C3, D1)
Engineer [Additional] – Jason Lytle (tracks: B2), Mike Mogis (tracks: A4, B1, C1, C3, C4)
Mastered By – Doug Van Sloun
Mixed By – Adam Selzer (tracks: D3), Mike Mogis (tracks: All but D3)
Photography – Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston
Producer – M. Ward
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recorded at blue rooms in Portland, Or, mixed at arc in Omaha, NE
recorded at type foundry in Portland, Or
Track B2 additional recording at the Warbler in Bozeman, Mt
Track C3 additional recording at The Village in Los Angeles, Ca
Mastered at Focus Mastering in Omaha, NE
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Lucinda Williams appears courtesy of Lost Highway/Universal Music Group
Tom Hagerman appears courtesy of ANTI- Records
M. Ward is sponsored by Gibson Guitars
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(P)&(C) 2009 4AD Records
CAD2904
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......................... Ward, M. - Hold Time (2 LP) ...........................
Ist es das tolle Dreifach-Klappcover oder die betörende Musik, die „Hold Time“ so begehrenswert macht? Das Kultlabel 4AD beschert uns Vinylfreunden jedenfalls wieder ein echtes Schmückstück von einen erstklassigen Künstler. ....................
Matt Ward, einst das bestgehütetste Geheimnis der Folkszene in Portland, bekam mittlerweile die verdiente große Aufmerksamkeit: Late-Night-Talk mit Leno und Letterman, Support-Shows für Yo La Tengo, My Morning Jacket, White Stripes und Norah Jones, mit der er 2007 Europa bereiste. Und nebenbei entstand 2008 unter dem Namen She & Him ein Album gemeinsam mit der Schauspielerin Zooey Deschanel. Letztere ist auch bei „Hold Time“ als Gastsängerin dabei, neben Jason Lytle, Tom Hagermann und sogar Lucinda Williams. Dennoch wurde „Hold Time“ ein typisches M.Ward-Album mit eigenwilligen bis kautzigen, aber auch wunderbar melodischen Songs, akustisch instrumentiert (u.a. Streicher). Die langsamen Songs besitzen einen hypnotisierenden Groove, mit dem sie sich hinterrücks ins Ohr einschmeicheln, während ein schnelles Stück wie etwa „To Save Me“ sich gar dem Beach Boys-Stil nähert.
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