Iron And Wine – The Shepherd's Dog
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Transgressive Records – TRANS059CD |
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CD
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Indie Rock |
Tracklist
| 1 | Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car | 4:32 | |
| 2 | White Tooth Man | 3:57 | |
| 3 | Lovesong Of The Buzzard | 4:26 | |
| 4 | Carousel | 4:02 | |
| 5 | House By The Sea | 4:21 | |
| 6 | Innocent Bones | 3:42 | |
| 7 | Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog) | 4:57 | |
| 8 | Resurrection Fern | 4:49 | |
| 9 | Boy With A Coin | 4:05 | |
| 10 | The Devil Never Sleeps | 2:06 | |
| 11 | Peace Beneath The City | 4:45 | |
| 12 | Flightless Bird, American Mouth | 4:03 |
Credits
- Design – Dusty Summers
- Engineer – Colin Studybaker
- Engineer [Additional] – Neil Strauch
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Performer – Sarah Beam
- Producer, Mixed By – Brian Deck
- Written-by, Painting [Paintings] – Sam Beam
Other Versions (5 of 19)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Shepherd's Dog (CD, Album) | Sub Pop | SPCD 710 | US | 2007 | |||
| The Shepherd's Dog (LP, Album) | Sub Pop | SP 710 | US | 2007 | |||
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The Shepherd's Dog (LP, Album, 180gr) | Transgressive Records | TRANS059 | UK | 2007 | ||
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The Shepherd's Dog (CD, Album) | Sub Pop | 2 71023 | Canada | 2007 | ||
| The Shepherd's Dog (CD, Album) | Sub Pop | SPCD 710 | Europe | 2007 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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"Judas" the punter screamed when Dylan turned on in 1966, and they were as wrong then as anyone who feels the same about Iron & Wine's new release "The Shepherd's Dog". I'm sure like most it was the intimacy of Sam's voice that got me to fall in love with I & W in the first place, and presumed that only an acoustic or extrememly minimally electric backing would allow the focus to remain so intensely on this element. Also the lack of over-production seemed a necessity. Well this release proves both of those assumptions ill-founded.
TSD is both highly polished production-wise AND comes with a fairly complex electronic sonic backing, yet the vocals (most probably due to their remaining so far forward in the mix) remain the focal point, and indeed it becomes evident that the softness of Sam's vox allows this balance to work perfectly.
I found no filler on this album on first listening, and with each subsequent play this only grew stronger. Personally I think the back end of the album is way stronger than the front, with my own faves being "Boy With A Coin", "The Devil Never Sleeps" (the closest to "rocking out" I've heard from this artist), "Peace Beneath The City" (reminiscent of previous releases) and "Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd Dog)".
One of the few artists since Radiohead for whom I religiously hunt down every release, and so far not one disappointment to be had... A great release, highly recommended...
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