Langhorne Slim

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All Music Guide - Marisa Brown
With his high, nasally voice and predilection for warm country-inspired chords, it's easy to compare Langhorne Slim to Neil Young, but his tendency to sing long, run-on, and often non-rhyming sentences in fact puts him nearer to the Bob Dylan school of performance. Musically, Langhorne Slim draws from country, folk, and pop, with plenty of major chords and strummed acoustic guitar. It's uncomplicated but that's excusable: folk music, or neo-folk, doesn't need to be overly complex; the instrumentals can serve their purpose if they provide a suitable background and complement to the vocalist. And although Slim's lyrics sometimes suffer from a lack of innovation and an ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Marisa Brown
With his high, nasally voice and predilection for warm country-inspired chords, it's easy to compare Langhorne Slim to Neil Young, but his tendency to sing long, run-on, and often non-rhyming sentences in fact puts him nearer to the Bob Dylan school of performance. Musically, Langhorne Slim draws from country, folk, and pop, with plenty of major chords and strummed acoustic guitar. It's uncomplicated but that's excusable: folk music, or neo-folk, doesn't need to be overly complex; the instrumentals can serve their purpose if they provide a suitable background and complement to the vocalist. And although Slim's lyrics sometimes suffer from a lack of innovation and an inflated sense of profundity, he's a capable, even emotive, singer. "Restless" is nicely minor and introspective, and the simplicity of "Oh Honey" actually works quite well.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/29/2008
  • Label: Kemado
  • UPC: 184923000740
  • Catalog Number: 74
  • Sales rank: 56,138

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Spinning Compass (1:53)
  2. 2 Rebel Side of Heaven (2:33)
  3. 3 Restless (2:17)
  4. 4 Sometimes (3:06)
  5. 5 She's Gone (3:19)
  6. 6 Colette (3:47)
  7. 7 Hello Sunshine (2:27)
  8. 8 Diamonds and Gold (3:40)
  9. 9 The Honeymoon (2:02)
  10. 10 Tipping Point (2:07)
  11. 11 Oh Honey (1:41)
  12. 12 Worries (2:51)
  13. 13 Hummingbird (4:07)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Langhorne Slim Primary Artist, Guitar, Vocals
Brian Deck Keyboards
Jim Becker Violin
Sam Kassirer Organ, Percussion, Piano, Accordion, Electric Piano
Malachi DeLorenzo Percussion, Drums, Background Vocals
Paul DeFiglia Background Vocals, Upright Bass
Dan Nosheny Trombone, Tuba
Paul Difiglia Background Vocals, Upright Bass
Malachi Delorenzo Percussion, Drums, Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Brian Deck Producer, Engineer
Sam Kassirer Producer, Engineer, Audio Production
Langhorne Slim Composer
Malachi DeLorenzo Producer, Engineer
Malachi Delorenzo Audio Production
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