Beachwood Sparks (album) explained

Beachwood Sparks
Type:studio
Artist:Beachwood Sparks
Cover:beachwoodsparksalbum.jpg
Released:2000
Recorded:1999
Genre:Alternative country, pop
Length:41:34
Label:Sub Pop
Producer:Mike Deming
Next Title:Once We Were Trees
Next Year:2001

Beachwood Sparks is the debut album by the American band Beachwood Sparks, released in 2000.

Neal Casal of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals named Beachwood Sparks as one of his favorite albums of all time.[1]

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that, "like the work of many pop revivalists, the Sparks' music doesn't really recapture the spirit of its models; it has more craft than character."[2]

Track listing

  1. "Desert Skies"
  2. "Ballad of Never Rider"
  3. "Silver Morning After"
  4. "Singing Butterfly"
  5. "Sister Rose"
  6. "This Is What It Feels Like"
  7. "Canyon Ride"
  8. "The Reminder"
  9. "The Calming Seas"
  10. "New Country"
  11. "Something I Don't Recognize"
  12. "Old Sea Miner"
  13. "See Oh Three"
  14. "Sleeping Butterfly"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Neal Casal (Ryan Adams & the Cardinals) . Stereokill.net . April 19, 2009 . June 16, 2012 . Lindsay . Andrew . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304230550/http://stereokill.net/2009/04/interview-neal-casal-the-cardinals/ . March 4, 2012 . dead.
  2. News: Jenkins . Mark . Beachwood Sparks 'Beachwood Sparks' . The Washington Post . 28 Apr 2000 . N19.