Hold Time (album)
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Robert Christgau |  [1] |
| Consequence of Sound | link |
| Drowned in Sound |  link |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.8/10) link |
| PopMatters |   link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Slant Magazine | link |
| Spin | link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
| KPSU | link |
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.[2] M. Ward also made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman on February 17, 2009.
Track listing
- "For Beginners" – 2:47
- "Never Had Nobody Like You" – 2:26
- "Jailbird" – 2:31
- "Hold Time" – 3:05
- "Rave On" (Norman Petty/Bill Tilghman/Sonny West) – 3:35
- "To Save Me" – 3:01
- "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
- "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
- "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
- "Oh Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) – 6:05
- "Epistemology" – 3:49
- "Blake's View" – 2:29
- "Shangri-La" – 2:20
- "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"
References
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Hold Time". Robert Christgau.
- ^ Exclusive first listen to M. Ward's "Hold Time"