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- Date Released: March 18, 2003
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock
- Label: Thrill Jockey
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The Listener marks 20 idiosyncratic years of Howe Gelb on his own. His first solo effort, the cassette-only Incidental Music, hit the streets in 1983 and although he's issued other solo works since, he remains best known as the man behind Arizona's equally idiosyncratic Giant Sand and OP8 with Lisa Germano. Recorded primarily in Denmark (from where his second wife, Sophie Albertsen, hails), Gelb sounds as Southwestern as ever (even if he actually grew up in Pennsylvania). His distinctive voice has always come across like a dust-blown cross between Lou Reed, Neil Young, and Lee Hazlewood, but there's more jazzy piano and understated brass and strings here than rock & roll or country guitar. On "Felonious," Mr. "Home" as he's billed himself, even acknowledges the debt to Reed, while wishing he could play the keys more like Duke Ellington or Thelonious Monk -- even if the melancholy number sounds more like Young's "After the Gold Rush." The overall mood is casual, laid-back, and relaxed. Just as Lee Hazlewood once titled an album, Cowboy in Sweden, The Listener could as easily have been titled "A (Space) Cowboy in Denmark."
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| 01. |  |
Glisten |
3:50 |
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| 02. | |
Felonious |
3:34 |
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| 03. | |
Jason's List |
4:36 |
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| 04. | |
Cowboy Boots |
4:27 |
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| 05. | |
Torque (Tango De La Tongue) |
4:19 |
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| 06. | |
Piango |
3:06 |
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| 07. | |
Lying There |
4:13 |
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| 08. | |
B 4 U (Do Do Do) |
5:46 |
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| 09. | |
The Nashville Sound |
2:07 |
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| 10. | |
Blood Orange |
3:30 |
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| 11. | |
Moons Of Impulse |
2:44 |
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| 12. | |
Now I Lay Me Down |
6:46 |
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| 13. | |
Lemmy N Emmy |
3:40 |
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13 Total Tracks, 52:38 Total Length
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Credits
- Bill Carter - Photography // Mark Nevers - Engineer // Mark Nevers - Mixing // Roger Seibel - Mastering // John Convertino - Drums // Howe Gelb - Organ // Howe Gelb - Synthesizer // Howe Gelb - Guitar // Howe Gelb - Piano // Howe Gelb - Chimes // Howe Gelb - Vocals // Howe Gelb - Producer // Howe Gelb - String Arrangements // Howe Gelb - Technician // Harvey Moltz - Sound Effects // Harvey Moltz - Voices // Harvey Moltz - Engineer // Harvey Moltz - Mixing // Brett Sparks - Piano // Brett Sparks - Vocals // Sheila Sachs - Preparation // Rennie Sparks - Autoharp // Rennie Sparks - Vocals // Nick Luca - Bass // Nick Luca - Conductor // Nick Luca - Engineer // Nick Luca - Mixing // Nick Luca - Notation // Marie Frank - Vocals // Richard Erikson - Accordion // Joe Burns - Bass // Anders Pedersen - Mandolin // Anders Pedersen - Lap Steel Guitar // Michael Fan - Violin // Jakob Berthelsen - Engineer // Jakob Berthelsen - Mixing // Peter Dombernowsky - Percussion // Peter Dombernowsky - Conga // Peter Dombernowsky - Cajon // Thøger T. Lund - Bass // Nils Grøndahl - Violin // Nils Grøndahl - Saw // Anders Stochholm - Percussion // Thorbjørn Krogshede - Saxophone
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