Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender (LP)
- Artist:
- Joanna Newsom
- Title:
- The Milk-Eyed Mender
- Label:
- Drag City
- Catalog#:
- DC263
- Format:
- 1 x Vinyl LP, Album
- Country:
- US
- Released:
- 2004
- Media Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Comments:
- Brand New And Factory Sealed. Save On Shipping By Combining Two Or More Items.
- Stock Images:
- Images are stock images, actual item may differ.
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released on March 23, 2004, by Drag City. Newsom wrote all the songs on the album except for Three Little Babes, a traditional Appalachian song by Texas Gladden. According to the liner notes, Newsom plays "a Lyon & Healy style 15 harp, a wurlitzer electric piano, a harpsichord and piano."
A bandmate in San Francisco band The Pleased, Noah Georgeson, produced and recorded the album, as well as contributing guitar to two tracks and backing vocals to one. Cover art embroidery is by Emily Prince and photographs are by Alissa Anderson. Newsom thanks former touring partners Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart and Vetiver, along with many others.
The song Swansea was covered by the band Bombay Bicycle Club and featured on their sophomore album Flaws in 2010. The song The Book of Right-On was both sampled from and reprised by Newsom on The Roots' 2010 release How I Got Over, the refrain forming the backbone of Right On, the album's ninth track, and covered by bluegrass musician Sarah Jarosz on her 2013's album Build Me Up from Bones.
MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic gave the album a favorable review, stating, "Newsom's childlike voice brings an unstudied grace to an innocent setting of songs and such quirkiness is hard to find among most guitar-driven indie acts. Delicate harp arrangements are nicely sprinkled among specks of pianos, organs and a harpsichord, only adding to the fascination that is Milk-Eyed Mender. Newsom exists in several musical spheres, one being a member of The Pleased, while not forgetting how wonderful it is to live in a warm place that leaves you bright-eyed and hopeful for only what is good in life".
A1 | Bridges And Balloons | 3:17 |
A2 | Sprout And The Bean | 4:30 |
A3 | The Book Of Right-on | 4:27 |
A4 | Sadie | 5:57 |
A5 | Inflammatory Writ | 2:48 |
A6 | This Side Of The Blue | 5:17 |
B7 | "En Gallop" | 5:04 |
B8 | Cassiopeia | 3:14 |
B9 | Peach, Plum, Pear | 3:31 |
B10 | Swansea | 5:00 |
B11 | Three Little Babes | 3:39 |
B12 | Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie | 4:16 |
Media Condition | Mint (M) |
Sleeve Condition | Mint (M) |
Format | Vinyl |
Format Description | Album, LP |
Country | US |
Year | 2004 |
Genre | Rock, Folk, World, & Country, Acoustic, Avantgarde, Folk |
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Notes | All songs © & ℗ 2004 Joanna Newsom |
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