Sam Prekop (album) explained

Sam Prekop
Type:	Album
Artist:	Sam Prekop
Cover:	Album-Sam Prekop self-titled.jpg
Released:	1999
Genre:	Post-rock
Label:	Thrill Jockey
Producer:	Jim O'Rourke
Next Title:	Who's Your New Professor
Next Year:	2005

Sam Prekop is the debut album by the American musician Sam Prekop, released in 1999.^[1]

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote: "On his solo debut, the singer still suggests the breeziness of bossa nova and the nuance of after-hours jazz without actually embracing either style. The music has a slightly wider palette than his guitar-based bands, with keyboards, violins and cornet flavoring the arrangements."^[2]

Track listing

1. "Showrooms" – 4:22
2. "The Company" – 4:17
3. "Practice Twice" – 4:06
4. "A Cloud to the Back" – 3:56
5. "Don't Bother" – 5:21
6. "Faces and People" – 7:00
7. "On Such Favors" – 3:40
8. "The Shadow" – 4:48
9. "Smaller Rivers" – 2:41
10. "So Shy" – 5:19

Credits

• Backing vocals: Jim O'Rourke (tracks: 1 & 7)
• Bass: Joshua Abrams
• Cornet: Rob Mazurek
• Guitar: Archer Prewitt
• Organ synthesized strings, guitar, six-string bass, electric piano, slide guitar: Jim O'Rourke
• Percussion: Chad Taylor
• Producer: Jim O'Rourke
• Triangle, maracas, tambourine: John McEntire
• Violin, viola: Julie Pomerleau

External links

• Rolling Stone interview: Sam Prekop Deflates Solo Offering

Notes and References

1. Reece . Doug . Popular uprisings . Billboard . Dec 12, 1998 . 110 . 50 . 18.
2. News: Kot . Greg . Pop . Chicago Tribune . 14 Feb 1999 . Arts & Entertainment . 9.