Heartbreakin Man Explained

Heartbreakin Man
Type:EP
Artist:My Morning Jacket
Border:yes
Released:May 2000
Genre:Indie rock
Label:Darla Records[1]
Prev Title:The Tennessee Fire
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:My Morning Jacket Does Bad Jazz
Next Year:2000

Heartbreakin Man is an EP from the Louisville indie rock band My Morning Jacket.[2] [3] It was released in May 2000 by Darla Records; it was made available as a free iTunes download in 2004.[4]

Critical reception

The Village Voice panned the EP, describing it as "six wet noodles."[5] Rolling Stone deemed the title track "dreamy R.E.M.-like jangle."[6]

Track listing

  1. Heartbreakin Man – 3:11
  2. Old Sept. Blues (ga-ed out version) – 5:43
  3. They Ran (acoustic) – 3:32
  4. Evelyn Is Not Real (be-mixed) – 2:30
  5. R.I.P.V.G. – 2:19
  6. Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You – 2:26

Notes

  1. Track 1 taken from "The Tennessee Fire"
  2. Track 2 taken from "LoladaMusica" (Recorded live in the Netherlands, January 2000)
  3. Track 3 taken from "Zondagskint" (Radio 3FM – the Netherlands, April 9, 2000)
  4. Tracks 4–6 taken from the bonus 7" single, included with first vinyl pressings of "The Tennessee Fire"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Morning Jacket - The Tennessee Fire: 20th Anniversary Edition. Darla Records.
  2. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: My Morning Jacket. www.trouserpress.com.
  3. News: Puckett . Jeffrey Lee . Who's who and what to buy . The Courier-Journal . 2 Aug 2009 . I5.
  4. News: Don't hang up those downloaders yet -- hundreds of songs are still available, free and legal, on the Web . San Francisco Chronicle . January 1, 2004 . E1.
  5. News: O'Donnell . Kevin . ITUNES EXCLUSIVE EPS . The Village Voice . 29 Dec 2004 . C78.
  6. Fricke . David . My Morning Jacket Dig Deep Into Their Past . Rolling Stone . Nov 11, 2010 . 1117 . 26.