| Artist |
Lambchop |
| Album Title: |
Is a Woman |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
02/19/2002 |
| Reissue Date |
03/03/2017 |
| Label |
Merge Records |
| Catalog No |
MRG 204 |
| Bar Code No |
6 73855 02041 9 |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Is a Woman (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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The Daily Growl (6:36)
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| A2.
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The New Cobweb Summer (6:57)
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| B1.
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My Blue Wave (7:52)
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| B2.
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I Can Hardly Spell My Name (3:24)
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| B3.
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Autumn's Vicar (4:16)
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| Is a Woman (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Flick (5:07)
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| A2.
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Caterpillar (6:19)
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| A3.
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D. Scott Parsley (5:57)
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| B1.
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Bugs (5:43)
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| B2.
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The Old Matchbook Trick (4:41)
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| B3.
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Is a Woman (4:38)
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| Date Acquired |
07/24/2023 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
19.99 |
Web Links |
Discogs Entry:
All Music Guide Entry: |
Notes |
Notes:
Full download included with digital bonus material featuring 8 outtakes from the album sessions.
℗ & © 2001 and 2017 Merge Records
Recorded in Nashville January–July 2001 at Quad Studio, The Groove Room, Sound Emporium, Wedgetone. Mixed at Wedgetone. Mastered at Yes Master.
All songs [...] published by Pathetic Hindsight Music, Administered Bug Music, BMI.
Tracks sequentially on release from Tracks 1 to 11.
Credits:
Acoustic Guitar – Curtiss, Rob
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards [Acetone] – Tyler
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – The Girls
Baritone Saxophone – Deanna
Bass – Buddy, Swanny
Drums, Percussion – Terry
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Alex
Electric Guitar, Steel Guitar – Niehaus
Engineer [Assisted By] – Mark Lacuesta
Engineer, Mixed By, Producer – Mark Nevers
Graphic Design – Allen Mancini
Guitar [Space Guitar], Guitar [Noise Guitar], Keyboards [Acetone] – Marky
Keyboards [Acetone], Keyboards [Juno] – Delworth
Keyboards [Juno], Sampler – Jonathan
Mastered By – Jim DeMain
Percussion – Scott
Percussion, Drums – Allen
Piano, Keyboards [Acetone], Keyboards [Juno], Performer [Homo Machine] – Tony
Producer, Written-By – Kurt Wagner
Technician [Technical Encouragement By] – John Kelton
Vibraphone [Vibes], Snare, Shaker, Snare [Brushed Snare] – Burch
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog], Keyboards [Acetone], Keyboards [Casio] – Kurt
Written-By – D.C. Book (tracks: C7)
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Merge Records
Copyright © – Merge Records
Published By – Pathetic Hindsight Music
Published By – Bug Music
Recorded At – Quad Studios
Recorded At – The Groove Room, Nashville
Recorded At – Sound Emporium
Recorded At – Wedgetone
Mixed At – Wedgetone
Mastered At – Yes Master
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 6 73855 02041 9
Barcode (Scanned): 0673855020419
Rights Society: BMI
Label Code: LC 29279
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Richie Unterberger:
Many of the attributes that numerous alternative listeners have found endearing or annoying about Lambchop remain on this, the band's sixth album. There's the fragmented, sometimes mundane subject matter of Kurt Wagner's lyrics, his dry sing-speak voice, and an overall air of resignation that blurs the line between contentment and containment. Is a Woman has to rank as one of the group's better efforts, though, primarily since the coyness that could lead to aggravating pretensions has been muted, almost to the point of absence. It's also fair to say that, at this point, Lambchop was no longer an alt-country act. Perhaps there's still a touch of countrypolitan to the subdued songs and languorous tempos. But the effect is rather more like that of an arty lounge singer, with the deft piano, rich vibes, and occasional science fiction-like guitar effects. Wagner sounds something like an alternate-universe Randy Newman, not nearly as concise or direct in his imagery, but possessed of similar weary, reflective Americana. By focusing less on quotidian (i.e., boring) experiences of the proletariat and more on less-tangible allusions to death, troubled romance, and loneliness, Wagner's music is simply more approachable and meaningful, if still hard to puzzle out in its specific intent. Too, the sound is much more consistent from cut to cut than it has been on past Lambchop albums, with enough inventive tinges of soul and jazz to leaven the super-somber after-hours ethos. This is still way too idiosyncratic for mass digestion, but it's a definite positive artistic progression.
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| Cover 6 |
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