Hold Time (album)

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Hold Time is the sixth proper studio album from M. Ward, released on February 17, 2009. Hold Time is the follow-up to his 2006 album Post-War and its companion EP To Go Home in 2007.

Hold Time includes guest performances by Jason Lytle of the band Grandaddy, Lucinda Williams, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchKa, and She & Him co-contributor Zooey Deschanel. The album includes a cover of the Buddy Holly song Rave On! A streaming preview was made available through NPR prior to the album's release. M. Ward also made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.

Track listing

1. "For Beginners" – 2:47
2. "Never Had Nobody Like You" – 2:26
3. "Jailbird" – 2:31
4. "Hold Time" – 3:05
5. "Rave On!" (Norman Petty/Bill Tilghman/Sonny West) – 3:35
6. "To Save Me" – 3:01
7. "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
8. "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
9. "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
10. "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 6:05
11. "Epistemology" – 3:49
12. "Blake's View" – 2:29
13. "Shangri-La" – 2:20
14. "Outro (I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron/Frank Sinatra/Jack Wolf) – 3:47

Credits

• Zooey Deschanel – vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On"
• Jason Lytle – vocals on "To Save Me"
• Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"