Released January 23, 1996 | Length 42:16 Release date 23 January 1996 Label Razor & Tie | |
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Recorded Sorcer Sound, Spa Studios and Live Wire, New York City Mortal City(1996) End of The Summer(1997) Similar Dar Williams albums, Folk music albums |
Dar williams as cool as i am official video
Mortal City is Dar Williams' second album, released in January 1996 by Razor & Tie.
Contents
The songs "As Cool as I Am" and "The Christians and the Pagans" were released as singles in 1996; the former was also accompanied by a music video. Unlike Williams' previous album, The Honesty Room, which was entirely acoustic, Mortal City featured electric backup on a number of the album's songs, particularly "The Ocean" and "The Blessings".
Track listing
All songs written by Dar Williams, except where noted.
- "As Cool As I Am" – 3:35
- "February" – 3:51
- "Iowa (Travelling III)" – 4:46
- "The Christians and the Pagans" – 3:03
- "This Was Pompeii" – 3:53
- "The Ocean" – 5:16
- "Family" (Pierce Pettis) – 3:22
- "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed" – 3:12
- "The Blessings" – 3:50
- "Southern California Wants To Be Western New York" – 4:08
- "Mortal City" – 7:15
Personnel
Songs
1As Cool as I Am3:38
2February3:54
3Iowa (Traveling III)4:48
References
Mortal City Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA