At Home with Owen
At Home with Owen is the fourth full-length studio album by Chicago artist Mike Kinsella under the name Owen. It was released on November 7, 2006, on Polyvinyl Records. In November and December, Owen went on a US tour alongside Copeland, The Appleseed Cast and Acute.[2]
| At Home with Owen | ||||
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| Studio album by Owen | ||||
| Released | November 7, 2006 | |||
| Studio | Semaphore Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Indie folk | |||
| Length | 37:40 | |||
| Label | Polyvinyl Records, Hobbledehoy Record Co. | |||
| Owen chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Absolutepunk | (8.5/10) link |
| Allmusic |    |
| PopMatters | |
| PunkNews | |
| Sputnikmusic | (5/5) link |
| Ultimate-Guitar.com | (7.7/10) link |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bad News" | 6:30 |
| 2. | "The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "Bags of Bones" | 3:52 |
| 4. | "Use Your Words" | 4:27 |
| 5. | "A Bird in Hand" | 7:33 |
| 6. | "Windows and Doorways" | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Femme Fatale" | 3:34 |
| 8. | "One of These Days" | 3:44 |
| Total length: | 37:40 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 9. | "A Fever" | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Stolen Bike" | 4:51 |
| Total length: | 45:44 | |
Personnel
- Mike Kinsella - guitar, vocals
- Guest musicians
- Kristina Dutton - violin
- Andy Rader - upright bass
- Jamie Burns - vocals
- Gillian Lisee - vocals
Trivia
- "Femme Fatale" is a cover of The Velvet Underground song with the same name from the album The Velvet Underground & Nico.
- "Stolen Bike" is a cover of the Bruce Springsteen song "Stolen Car" from the album "The River".
- "Pietro Crespi" from the song "The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi" is a reference to Mike's car, named after the character from the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez.
References
- Hage, Erik. At Home with Owen at AllMusic
- August, Justin (September 9, 2007). "Copeland / the Appleseed Cast / Owen / Acute". Punknews.org. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
External links
- Owen's Webpage
- Owen's Myspace
- Interview with Mike Kinsella about At Home With Owen from herohill.com
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