Last of the Great Pretenders

Last of the Great Pretenders
Studio album by Matt Nathanson
Released July 16, 2013
Genre Rock, pop, acoustic, Singer/Songwriter
Length 38:41
Label Vanguard
Producer Matt Nathanson with Mike Viola and Jake Sinclair
Matt Nathanson chronology
Modern Love
(2011)Modern Love2011		 Last of the Great Pretenders
(2013)		 Show Me Your Fangs
(2015)Show Me Your Fangs2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Last of the Great Pretenders is the eighth studio album[2] by American singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. It was released on July 16, 2013. Last of the Great Pretenders is Nathanson's third album for Vanguard Records, following his 2007 album Some Mad Hope and 2011 album Modern Love. He released the first single, "Misson Bells", as a free download to his fan mailing list in March 2013. Last of the Great Pretenders debuted on number 16 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 29, 2013.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Matt Nathanson except as noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Earthquake Weather"4:09
2."Mission Bells"3:39
3."Last Days of Summer In San Francisco"3:38
4."Kinks Shirt"2:59
5."Sky High Honey"3:26
6."Annie's Always Waiting (For the Next One to Leave)"2:56
7."Kill the Lights"3:04
8."Heart Starts"3:18
9."Birthday Girl"4:03
10."Sunday New York Times"3:14
11."Farewell, December"4:01

Personnel

Musicians

  • Matt Nathanson - Primary Artist, Lead & Background Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitar[4][5]
  • Aaron Tap - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Background Vocals
  • Victor Indrizzo - Drums
  • Chris Reynolds - Drums, Engineer, Synthesizer
  • Jake Sinclair - Bass, Drums, Guitar, Mixing, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)
  • Mike Viola - Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background)

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 16[3]

References

[6]

  1. ↑ "Allmusic Review".
  2. ↑ "Last of the Great Pretenders Review". Ultimate Guitar. 07/17/2013
  3. 1 2 "Last of the Great Pretenders - Matt Nathanson (2013)". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Matt Nathanson: Last of the Great Pretenders." By Brent Faulkner. PopMattrs, 17 July 2013
  5. ↑ "Album Review: Matt Nathanson - Last Of The Great Pretenders". Muzik Discovery
  6. ↑ "Music review: Matt Nathanson – Last of the Great Pretenders". MeloFrama
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