Released January 18, 2015 Artist John Craigie Producer John Craigie Genre Folk music | Length 45:22 Release date 18 January 2015 Label John Craigie | |
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Recorded Gadgetbox Studios, Santa Cruz, CA and Fluff & Gravy Studios, Portland, OR Working On My Farewell
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Working On My Farewell is the ninth studio album by the folk-singer John Craigie. It was released in January 2015 on Zabriskie Point Records. Recorded in small studios in Santa Cruz, California, and Portland, Oregon, this album is famous for being Craigie's "electric album", with each song being played on electric guitar – a departure from his primarily acoustic style. Although promoted as electric, it is actually one of Craigie's quietest and most melancholic albums, being compared to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska and Beck's Sea Change'. The title Working On My Farewell is taken from the lyrics of the song "Rexroth's Daughter" by Greg Brown
Contents
As with the three previous studio albums, Randy Schwartz appears on drums and Cian Riordan is chief engineer.
Track listing
- "Skipping Like a Stone" - 3:49
- "Burn That Dress" - 4:34
- "Vast Dead Forest" - 4:31
- "Mourning You" - 3:34
- "Catalina" - 4:52
- "Cactus" - 3:45
- "Bisbee" - 4:37
- "Coldest Colorado" - 4:39
- "My Darkest Lover" - 5:29
- "Vondelpark" - 5:31
Personnel
Production:
Songs
1Skipping Like a Stone3:49
2Burn That Dress4:35
3Vast Dead Forest4:32