Miles from the Lightning explained

Miles from the Lightning
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jeffrey Foucault
Cover:	MilesFromTheLightning.jpg
Released:	2001
Recorded:	Nov 2000–Feb 2001
Label:	Acoustic Roots
Producer:	Jeffrey Foucault
Next Title:	Stripping Cane
Next Year:	2004

Miles from the Lightning is the debut album of singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, released in 2001. It is a low-key album mainly consisting of ballads. He is joined by Peter Mulvey.^[1]

Reception

Writing for No Depression, music critic Linda Ray called Foucault "the bard of small-town anywhere" and wrote of the album "Foucault delivers his plaintive poetry in the troubadour tradition... His insights are of the small, cold places in Wisconsin he calls home."

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault.

1. "Ballad of Copper Junction (A Journeyman's Lament)" – 5:08
2. "Dove and the Waterline" – 3:50
3. "Walking at Dusk (The Liberty Bell)" – 4:39
4. "Thistledown Tears" – 5:13
5. "Californ-I-A" – 4:29
6. "Highway and the Moon" – 6:37
7. "Battle Hymn (of the College Dropout Farmhand)" – 4:39
8. "Crossing Mississippi" – 4:20
9. "Secretariat" – 6:32
10. "Sunrise in the Rearview" – 5:04
11. "Street Light Halos" – 2:48
12. "Buckshot Moon" – 5:35
13. "I'm Alright" – 5:03
14. "Miles From the Lightning" – 3:20

Personnel

• Jeffrey Foucault - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Peter Mulvey - guitar, lap steel guitar, background vocals

Production notes:

• Produced by Jeffrey Foucault
• Design by Eric Stein
• Photography by Eric Vandeveld and Mark Olson
• Recorded and mastered by Joel O’Neill

External links

• Official Jeffrey Foucault website
• Signature Sounds Recordings

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for Miles from the Lightning