Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails

Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
Studio album by The Baseball Project
Released July 8, 2008 (2008-07-08)
Recorded Jackpot! Studios, Portland, Oregon, United States, 2008
Length 44:44
Language English
Label Yep Roc
The Baseball Project chronology
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
(2008)		 Homerun EP
(2009)Homerun EP2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76%[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Associated PressPositive[3]
Boston GlobePositive[4]
MSN MusicA[5]
PastePositive[6]
Pitchfork Media7.4/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Uncut4/5[9]
VarietyPositive[10]

The Baseball Project's first album, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails was released on Yep Roc Records on July 8, 2008. The album is available on compact disc and digitally on Yep Roc's site.[11]

Track listing

  1. "Past Time" (McCaughey) – 2:57
  2. "Ted Fucking Williams" (Wynn) – 3:04
  3. "Gratitude (For Curt Flood)" (Wynn) – 3:23
  4. "Broken Man" (McCaughey) – 2:52
  5. "Satchel Paige Said" (McCaughey) – 2:25
  6. "Fernando" (Wynn) – 3:47
  7. "Long Before My Time" (Wynn) – 3:14
  8. "Jackie's Lament" (Wynn) – 3:25
  9. "Sometimes I Dream of Willie Mays" (McCaughey) – 3:33
  10. "The Death of Big Ed Delahanty" (Scott & Kevin McCaughey) – 3:35
  11. "Harvey Haddix" (Wynn) – 4:25
  12. "The Yankee Flipper" (McCaughey) – 3:40
  13. "The Closer" (Wynn) – 4:24
Pre-order bonus track
  1. "Blood Diamond" – 2:59
On-line bonus tracks
  1. "Golden Sombrero" – 2:16
  2. "The Ballad of Mike Kekich and Fritz Peterson" – 2:33

Personnel

The Baseball Project
Production

Recorded by Adam Selzer at Jackpot!, Portland.
Mixed by Adam with Scott at Type Foundry, Portland
Mastered by Kurt Bloch for Light Bulb Ministries, Inc., Seattle

References

  1. ↑ "Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Associated Press review
  4. ↑ Boston Globe review
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (2009-04-01). "Consumer Guide: April 2009". MSN Music. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  6. ↑ Paste review
  7. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  8. ↑ PopMatters review
  9. ↑ "The Baseball Project - Volume One: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails". Uncut. 2008-08-06. Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  10. ↑ Variety review
  11. ↑ Download Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
  • Homepage
  • "Lyrics and assessment by the songwriters" (PDF).
  • Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails at AllMusic
  • Sportsline review of the album
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