Released September 24, 2002 Producer Iron & Wine Release date 24 September 2002 | Length 39:26 Artist Iron & Wine | |
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The Creek Drank the Cradle is the debut studio album by American musician Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam). It was released on September 24, 2002. The vinyl LP release came with a bonus 7" vinyl single. The promo CD for this album was released in a cardboard sleeve with alternate artwork.
Contents
Background
The sparse lo-fi sound of the album is attributed to Beam recording the tracks at home on a four-track recorder initially as demos. His intention was to pass these on to Joey Burns and John Convertino of the band Calexico who would provide a rhythm section on the finished piece. However the demos were released instead.
Reception
The Creek Drank the Cradle has received widespread critical acclaim since its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 87, based on 14 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
Pitchfork Media placed The Creek Drank the Cradle at number 137 on their list of the top 200 albums of the 2000s. Tim Sendra of AllMusic called it "a stunning debut and one of the best records of 2002."
Track listing
All tracks written by Sam Beam.
Songs
1Lion's Mane2:50
2Bird Stealing Bread4:21
3Faded From the Winter3:18