Asking for Flowers

Asking for Flowers is the third studio album by Canadian alt country singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards. The album was released March 4, 2008, and was well-received by critics, similarly to her first two albums released under Zoe Records, Failer and Back To Me. The Canadian Press said of the album's tracklist, "unlike your average floral arrangement, there's not a dud in the bunch."[1]

The Boston Globe', in an article entitled With third album, Edwards finally blooms, said of the album "This album sounds a lot like the addictive "Back to Me" from 2005, unfolding as a series of haunting, hook-filled portraits punctuated by the good-humored joshing that defines her new single, "The Cheapest Key." ...But "Asking for Flowers" shows Edwards maturing as a songwriter and a singer, too. Her ordinary characters - the guy dodging the draft in the poignant "Oil Man's War," the woman done wrong in the title cut - are subtly placed in a socio-political context so that the album has a broader scope."[2]

The album contains many references to figures in the Canadian media, including murder victim Alicia Ross, and controversial former hockey player Marty McSorley.

Tracklist

1. Buffalo
2. The Cheapest Key
3. Asking for Flowers
4. Alicia Ross
5. I Make the Dough, You Get the Glory
6. Oil Man's War
7. Sure As S**t
8. Run
9. Oh, Canada
10. Scared At Night
11. Goodnight, California
12. Lazy Eye (Bonus track with online album purchase)