The Richard Swift Collection, Volume One - "The Novelist" & "Walking Without Effort"
byRichard Swift
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- Date Released: April 19, 2005
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Secretly Canadian / SC Dist.
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Beginning with an arc of distant, echo-laden strings and a chorus of voices that sound as if they escaped from the buried and decaying reels of an aborted Disney film, Richard Swift's Secretly Canadian debut paints a world out of time from the very first note. The West Coast singer/songwriter has no qualms about resurrecting Franks Wild Years-era Tom Waits and filtering it through the "new weird America" sound of fellow crooners Andrew Bird and Devendra Banhart, but he manages to find the perfect balance between melody and texture. It's a lot like opening the doors to a packed speakeasy in the '30s, complete with choreographed dancing and well-coiffed but shady characters shaking hands in the corners. Swift's lo-fi, Tin Pan Alley dreamscapes are as lush as they are distant, relying on everything from barroom piano to programmed drums without ever seeming contemporary. Comprised of two records, 2001's Walking Without Effort and 2004's The Novelist, Swift has taken all of the best sepia-tone instrumental moments from Michael Penn and tenderized them into a hobo dinner with Ray Davies slinging the slop. Listeners will find themselves enchanted, disturbed, and speaking in metaphors for days.
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| 01. |  |
Foreward (-The Novelist) |
1:13 |
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| 02. | |
Lady Day (-The Novelist) |
2:55 |
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| 03. | |
Lovely Night (-The Novelist) |
4:38 |
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| 04. | |
Sadsong St. (-The Novelist) |
2:17 |
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| 05. | |
Blues For Mother (-The Novelist) |
1:04 |
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| 06. | |
The Novelist (-The Novelist) |
2:54 |
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| 07. | |
Ballad Of Clifford Swift (-The Novelist) |
0:58 |
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| 08. | |
Looking Back, I Should Have Been Home More (-The Novelist) |
3:43 |
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| 09. | |
Walking Without Effort Theme (-Walking Without Effort) |
1:50 |
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| 10. | |
Half Lit (-Walking Without Effort) |
4:19 |
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| 11. | |
In The Air (-Walking Without Effort) |
3:21 |
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| 12. | |
As I Go (-Walking Without Effort) |
3:54 |
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| 13. | |
Above & Beneath (-Walking Without Effort) |
2:54 |
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| 14. | |
Mexico (1977) (-Walking Without Effort) |
3:18 |
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| 15. | |
Losing Sleep (-Walking Without Effort) |
4:30 |
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| 16. | |
Not Wasting Time (-Walking Without Effort) |
2:53 |
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| 17. | |
Beautifulheart (-Walking Without Effort) |
3:07 |
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17 Total Tracks, 49:48 Total Length
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Credits
- Chris Colbert - Engineer // Matt Fronke - Trumpet // Matt Fronke - Flugelhorn // Greg Riley - Clarinet // Greg Riley - Flute // Greg Riley - Saxophone // Frank Lenz - Drums // Frank Lenz - Harmony Vocals // Frank Lenz - Horn Arrangements // Elijah Thomson - Mixing // Mike Pederson - Banjo // Richard Swift - Vocals (Background)
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