Starlite Walker | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 24, 1994 | |||
Recorded | June 1994 | |||
Genre | Alternative country [1] | |||
Length | 32:46 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Davis McCain, Doug Easley, Silver Jews | |||
Silver Jews chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Record Collector | [7] |
Starlite Walker is the first studio album by indie rock group Silver Jews. [8] [9] It was released in 1994 as an LP and CD on Drag City (DC55) in America and on Domino (WIG15) in Europe. [10] [11]
Starlite Walker was recorded in 1994 at Easley Recordings, in Memphis, Tennessee. [2] It was produced by Davis McCain, Doug Easley, and the band. [5] David Berman claimed that "Trains Across the Sea" was the first song that he ever composed. [12]
In a documentary about the band, Berman stated that the early development of the album was influenced by his job as a security guard at the Whitney: "We were working at the Whitney with all this conceptual art, and we were learning about it … and so I thought, “Well let’s just make this record that looks like a record, and has song titles and everything, but the songs would be the ones we make at home that sound terrible.” [13]
Trouser Press wrote that "while it gets laid-back enough at times to pass for a long-lost New Riders of the Purple Sage album, Starlite Walker possesses enough temperate charm to soothe even the most savage discordophile." [14] Drowned in Sound wrote that the album "may very well be the greatest jam session of half-formed ideas ever made." [15]
All tracks composed by David Berman; except where indicated
Starlite Walker | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 24, 1994 | |||
Recorded | June 1994 | |||
Genre | Alternative country [1] | |||
Length | 32:46 | |||
Label | Drag City | |||
Producer | Davis McCain, Doug Easley, Silver Jews | |||
Silver Jews chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [4] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [5] |
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Record Collector | [7] |
Starlite Walker is the first studio album by indie rock group Silver Jews. [8] [9] It was released in 1994 as an LP and CD on Drag City (DC55) in America and on Domino (WIG15) in Europe. [10] [11]
Starlite Walker was recorded in 1994 at Easley Recordings, in Memphis, Tennessee. [2] It was produced by Davis McCain, Doug Easley, and the band. [5] David Berman claimed that "Trains Across the Sea" was the first song that he ever composed. [12]
In a documentary about the band, Berman stated that the early development of the album was influenced by his job as a security guard at the Whitney: "We were working at the Whitney with all this conceptual art, and we were learning about it … and so I thought, “Well let’s just make this record that looks like a record, and has song titles and everything, but the songs would be the ones we make at home that sound terrible.” [13]
Trouser Press wrote that "while it gets laid-back enough at times to pass for a long-lost New Riders of the Purple Sage album, Starlite Walker possesses enough temperate charm to soothe even the most savage discordophile." [14] Drowned in Sound wrote that the album "may very well be the greatest jam session of half-formed ideas ever made." [15]
All tracks composed by David Berman; except where indicated