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Minor Works

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Released
  
Nov. 6, 2006

Length
  
41:57

Release date
  
6 November 2006

Genre
  
Folk music

Recorded
  
2006

Artist
  
J. Tillman

Label
  
Fargo Records

Producer
  
Kory Kruckenberg, Troy Glessner

Minor Works (2006)
  
Cancer And Delirium (2007)

Similar
  
I Will Return, Cancer and Delirium, Long May You Run - J Tillman, Year in the Kingdom, Singing Ax

Minor Works is the first album by J. Tillman released on an official label: Fargo Records. It was completed after three limited CDr albums (Untitled No. 1, I Will Return and Long May You Run, J. Tillman) and a tour EP (Documented).

Contents

J. Tillman said about the album: "This album is pretty different from anything I've done before. For instance, it's the first time that I've used a drum kit... And then, before, I mainly wrote blues numbers or murder ballads. My new songs took almost a year to mature, which was how long it took me to complete the recording."

Tillman also said, in an interview for SCTAS, that "'Minor Works' was conceived in a very complete way; I had the majority of the arrangements and instrumentation mapped out way ahead of time. I knew I wanted to take a stab at making a studio record. One of the main focal points was that I knew I wanted drums. The album was kind of a writing exercise for me, as in "I know I can write ballads, what would it sound like if I tried to write rock songs?" And obviously, they did not turn out to be rock songs. So, in some respects, that record is kind of a failed experiment."

Minor works j tillman


Track listing

  1. "Darling Night" – 5:09
  2. "Jesse's Not A Sleeper" – 4:02
  3. "Crooked Roof" – 4:36
  4. "With Wolves" – 4:05
  5. "Minor Works" – 4:52
  6. "For An Hour With You" – 5:00
  7. "Take Care" – 3:49
  8. "Restlessness" – 5:06
  9. "Now You're Among Strangers" – 5:18

Songs

1Darling Night5:08
2Jesse's Not a Sleeper4:03
3Crooked Roof4:36

References

Minor Works Wikipedia