Vagabonds (Gary Louris album) explained

Vagabonds
Type:studio album
Artist:Gary Louris
Cover:Vagabondsgarylouris.jpg
Released:February 19, 2008
Recorded:Sage & Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre:Rock
Label:Rykodisc
Producer:Chris Robinson
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Vagabonds is the debut solo album by American singer-songwriter and Jayhawks member Gary Louris, released in 2008.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, critic Mark Deming praised the album, writing "Vagabonds manages to sound grand and organic at once, with the arrangements and production capturing a sense of the wide open spaces of Hollywood Town Hall and Rainy Day Music, especially on the beautifully heart-tugging "She Only Calls Me on Sundays," while also encompassing the more ambitious melodic conceits of Smile and Sound of Lies on tracks like "Black Grass" and "Omaha Nights." ... the result is an album that sounds full-bodied but natural and uncluttered, and gives Louris' fine songs plenty of room to reveal their virtues. Anyone who has followed the Jayhawks' career knows that Gary Louris is a major talent, and Vagabonds demonstrates he's still capable of making remarkable music outside the framework of the band."

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Louris

  1. "True Blue" – 5:02
  2. "Omaha Nights" – 4:04
  3. "To Die a Happy Man – 4:34
  4. "She Only Calls Me on Sundays" – 3:19
  5. "We'll Get By" – 4:29
  6. "Black Grass" – 5:14
  7. "I Wanna Get High" – 3:55
  8. "Vagabonds" – 5:27
  9. "D.C. Blues" – 4:15
  10. "Meandering" – 3:18

amazon.com Bonus Tracks

  1. "Baby Let Me Take Care of You" – 4:54
  2. "Fall Day [Demo]" – 3:35

iTunes Bonus Tracks

  1. "Three Too Many" – 2:58
  2. "Working Girl [Demo]" – 3:10

Personnel

Technical personnel

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
2008Billboard Top Heatseekers9
2008Billboard 200100
2008Billboard Top Independent Albums30

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