Recorded 2006-2008 Release date 2008 Genres Alternative/Indie, Rock | Artist The Mojos Label Telmavar | |
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Released 2008 (Israel)
15 January 2010 (Europe)
17 August 2012 (re-release) The Reckoning
(2008) Poor Boy / Lucky Man
(2009) Similar Poor Boy / Lucky Man, Through the Gale, Different Pulses, Avidan in a Box, Gold Shadow |
Asaf avidan the mojos the reckoning
The Reckoning is an album by the Israeli band Asaf Avidan & the Mojos released in Israel in 2008. The album’s 15 tracks blended rock, folk and blues with Avidan’s lyrics about relationships and betrayal. The album was certified gold status in a year, and platinum later, and would eventually become the biggest selling "independent" record of all time in Israel. It was chosen as Album of the Year (2008) by various media, including TimeOut Tel Aviv.
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"Reckoning Song" was the first single released from the album in Israel. It would eventually become a huge international hit for Asaf Avidan retitled and remixed as "One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Rmx)".
"Weak", the second single of the album, became a huge radio hit and its video was "Video of the Year" on Israel’s music channel. "Weak" would also be the title song of the film L'Arbre (English title The Tree) by Julie Bertuccelli, which starred Charlotte Gainsbourg and was the closing film at Cannes Film Festival 2010.
Track list
Telmavar release (2008)
- "Maybe You Are" (2:44)
- "Hangwoman" (3:02)
- "Her Lies" (3:51)
- "Weak" (3:33)
- "Reckoning Song" (2:46)
- "Sweat & Tears" (3:32)
- "Rubberband Girl" (2:55)
- "A Phoenix Is Born" (1:03)
- "Over You Blues" (2:57)
- "Empty Handed Saturday Blues" (4:06)
- "A Ghost Before the Wall" (3:11)
- "Growing Tall" (3:26)
- "Little More Time" (5:11)
- "Devil's Dance" (3:32)
- "Of Scorpions & Bells" (4:34)
Columbia re-release (2012)
16. "One Day / Reckoning Song" (Wankelmut remix) [radio edit] (bonus track) (3:32)Credits
The Mojos
Songs
1Maybe You AreAsaf Avidan & The Mojos2:45
2HangwomanAsaf Avidan & The Mojos3:02
3Her LiesAsaf Avidan & The Mojos3:51