| Artist |
Iron & Wine |
| Album Title: |
Around The Well |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Soft Rock |
| Format |
Vinyl (3) |
| Released |
05/19/2009 |
| Label |
Sub Pop Records |
| Catalog No |
SP 808 |
| Bar Code No |
0 98787 08081 0 |
| Packaging |
Cardboard Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Around The Well (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Dearest Forsaken (3:50)
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| A2.
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Morning (2:42)
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| A3.
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Loud As Hope (2:57)
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| A4.
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Peng! 33 (3:28)
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| A5.
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Sacred Vision (3:20)
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| A6.
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Friends They Are Jewels (4:14)
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| B1.
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Hickory (4:35)
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| B2.
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Waitin' For A Superman (4:34)
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| B3.
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Swans And The Swimming (3:25)
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| B4.
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Call Your Boys (3:47)
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| B5.
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Such Great Heights (4:11)
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| Around The Well (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Communion Cups & Someone's Coat (2:03)
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| A2.
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Belated Promise Ring (3:46)
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| A3.
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God Made The Automobile (3:55)
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| A4.
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Homeward, These Shoes (1:35)
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| A5.
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Love Vigilantes (3:27)
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| A6.
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Sinning Hands (5:31)
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| B1.
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No Moon (4:16)
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| B2.
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Serpent Charmer (2:40)
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| B3.
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Carried Home (6:32)
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| B4.
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Kingdom Of The Animals (5:06)
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| B5.
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Arms Of A Thief (3:42)
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| Around The Well (Disc 3) |
| A1.
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The Trapeze Swinger (9:31)
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| Date Acquired |
09/10/2017 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Duluth |
| Purchase Price |
22.99 |
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Notes |
Includes an MP3 Download Coupon For The Entire Album + insert with lyrics.
'Love Vigilantes' recorded December 13, 2004 at KUOW, Puget Sound Public Radio, Seattle, WA.
All songs written by Sam Beam (Sam Beam Music)[BMI], except:
'Waitin' For Superman' — W. Coyne, S. Drozd, M. Ivins (EMI Blackwood Music, Lovely Sorts of Death)
'Peng! 33' — L. Sadier, T. Gane (Universal Music MGB Songs OBO Complete Music Limited)
'Such Great Heights' — B. Gibbard, J. Tamborello (Fake Songs/Dying Songs (Administered by Bicycle Music) )
'Love Vigilantes' — S. Morris, P. Hook, B. Sumner, G. Gilbert (WB Music Corp OBO Warner/Chappell Music Ltd)
F-side is an etched album/artist artwork.
© ℗ 2009 Sub Pop Records
Art Direction – Sam Beam
Art Direction, Design – Dusty Summers
Engineer – Colin Studybaker (tracks: C1 to C4, C6 to D5)
Engineer [Additional] – Balthazar De Ley (tracks: C1 to C4, C6 to D5), Neil Strauch (tracks: C1 to C4, C6 to D5)
Featuring – Brian Deck, Ej Holowicki, Jeff McGriff, Jim Becker, Joey Burns, Patrick McKinney, Paul Niehaus, Randy Henry, Rob Burger, Sam Beam, Sarah Simpson
Mastered By – Neil Strauch
Mixed By – Brian Deck (tracks: C1 to C4, C6 to D5)
Photography By – USGS EROS
Producer – Brian Deck (tracks: C1 to C4, C6 to D5), Sam Beam (tracks: A1 to B5)
Written-By – Sam Beam (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, B1, B3, B4, C1 to C4, C6 to E1)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sub Pop Records
Copyright © – Sub Pop Records
Published By – EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Published By – Lovely Sorts of Death
Published By – Universal Music-MGB Songs
Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
Published By – Fake Songs
Published By – Dying Songs
Published By – Wb Music Corp.
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Mastered At – Golden Mastering
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Andrew Leahey:
Named after a lyric from "The Trapeze Swinger," Around the Well collects two discs' worth of B-sides, rarities, and discarded tracks from the Iron & Wine catalog. These kinds of compilations can be tricky to assemble, but Around the Well is both comprehensive and conveniently presented, with each disc representing the two amorphous halves of Iron & Wine's career. Disc one is limited to the group's early days, meaning it's filled with soft bedroom whispers, homespun acoustics, and the lo-fi production that fueled Sam Beam's home recording sessions. Material from those same sessions would later form the track list of The Creek Drank the Cradle, but Around the Well pays attention to the songs that were cut from the album, offering several genuine gems amidst a constant stream of pleasant, stay-in-bed songcraft. Meanwhile, the second disc highlights Iron & Wine's shift from intimate solo project to collaborative indie folk band, beginning with the Our Endless Numbered Days sessions and culminating in the pastoral psychedelia of The Shepherd's Dog. Some of these selections are already familiar to Iron & Wine's biggest fans, including Beam's cover of "Such Great Heights" (heard on the Garden State soundtrack, as well as an oddly trippy M&Ms commercial) and the gorgeous concert staple "The Trapeze Swinger." Even so, few fans outside of Beam's social circle have heard standout tunes like "Kingdom of the Animals" and the vaguely Middle Eastern-sounding "Arms of a Thief," and Around the Well serves as a helpful reminder that a discarded Iron & Wine song is still better than most fine-tuned cuts from other bands.
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