Hold Time (album) explained
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 before the album's release.[1] 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" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) – 2:26
- "Jailbird" – 2:31
- "Hold Time" – 3:05
- "Rave On" (Featuring Zooey Deschanel) (Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West) – 3:35
- "To Save Me" (Featuring Jason Lytle)– 3:01
- "One Hundred Million Years" – 2:11
- "Stars of Leo" – 3:18
- "Fisher of Men" – 3:12
- "Oh Lonesome Me" (Featuring Lucinda Williams) (Don Gibson) – 6:05
- "Epistemology" – 3:49
- "Blake's View" – 2:29
- "Shangri-La" – 2:20
- "Outro (AKA: I'm a Fool to Want You)" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:47
Personnel
- M. Ward – voice, guitar, keyboards, bass, string arrangements
- Mike Coykendall – bass, percussion
- Adam Selzer, Jordan Hudson, Rachel Blumberg, Than Luu – percussion
- Peter Broderick, Tom Hagerman – strings, violins
- Bill Ritchie – upright bass
- Mike Mogis – percussion, bells, mandolin, keyboards
- Dave Campbell – cello
- Allison Stewart – viola
- Elin Palmer – violin
- Zooey Deschanel – vocals on "Never Had Nobody Like You" and "Rave On"
- Jason Lytle – vocals, keyboards, and guitar on "To Save Me"
- Lucinda Williams – vocals on "Oh Lonesome Me"
Notes and References
- News: Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time'. NPR. 12 January 2009. 3 October 2016.
