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The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom
6,593,733 plays (380,634 listeners)
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Tracklist
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Bridges and Balloons | 3:40 | 157,752 | ||
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Sprout and the Bean | 4:31 | 187,046 | ||
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The Book of Right-On | 4:28 | 177,769 | ||
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Sadie | 6:00 | 127,361 | ||
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Inflammatory Writ | 2:52 | 117,835 | ||
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Cassiopeia | 3:19 | 115,586 | ||
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This Side of the Blue | 5:19 | 133,300 | ||
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En Gallop | 5:06 | 35,848 | ||
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Peach, Plum, Pear | 3:35 | 157,179 | ||
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Swansea | 5:06 | 112,386 | ||
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Three Little Babes | 3:42 | 102,522 | ||
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Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie | 4:21 | 113,407 |
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About this album
Released: 23 Mar 2004 12 tracks (51:59)
The Milk-Eyed Mender is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom, released on March 23 2004 on the Drag City label.
Joanna Newsom wrote all the songs on the album except for “Three Little Babes”, a traditional Appalachian song. According to the liner notes, Joanna plays “a Lyon & Healy style 15 harp, a wurlitzer electric piano, a harpsichord, and piano.”
A bandmate in San Francisco band The Pleased, Noah Georgeson, produced and recorded the album, as well as contributing guitar to two tracks and backing vocals to one. Cover art embroidery is by Emily Prince and photographs are by Alissa Anderson. Newsom thanks former touring partners Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, and Vetiver, along with many others.
In 2009, Pitchfork named The Milk-Eyed Mender the 47th greatest album of the decade. The website also named “Peach, Plum, Pear” the 197th Greatest Song of the 2000s and “Sprout & The Bean” the 229th.
Joanna Newsom wrote all the songs on the album except for “Three Little Babes”, a traditional Appalachian song. According to the liner notes, Joanna plays “a Lyon & Healy style 15 harp, a wurlitzer electric piano, a harpsichord, and piano.”
A bandmate in San Francisco band The Pleased, Noah Georgeson, produced and recorded the album, as well as contributing guitar to two tracks and backing vocals to one. Cover art embroidery is by Emily Prince and photographs are by Alissa Anderson. Newsom thanks former touring partners Will Oldham, Devendra Banhart, and Vetiver, along with many others.
In 2009, Pitchfork named The Milk-Eyed Mender the 47th greatest album of the decade. The website also named “Peach, Plum, Pear” the 197th Greatest Song of the 2000s and “Sprout & The Bean” the 229th.
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Pseudo-Bread wrote:
One of my best finds from a charity shop, no idea why someone would want to get rid of though. Her voice is so powerful, I love it.
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solhess wrote:
"The Milk-EYed Mender" @ CultureWok: http://www.culturewok.com/lewokentravaux/music/object/41287
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Mayavada wrote:
Seven years later, I still get chills when i listen. Favorite album ever.
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Some_Stay_Dry wrote:
maaann when first heard this chick i wus like wut kind of lil kid singing shit is dis? but then dat "Book of Right-on" joint came on and I was like wuuuuuuuttt? you for real Joanna? dis gurl on point ya'll. dat milk-eyed minder joint rock ya'l
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BurningFortress wrote:
Peach Plum Pear <3
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eroock wrote:
What's a milk-eyed mender for a person?
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ax-ax wrote:
the voice is more monotone than on ys which is more monotone than on have one on me which isn't a bad thing because ys is awesom newsome and this also, yes?
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freiitag wrote:
Intimate and beautiful. Probably my favourite album by Joanna.
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adamzZz wrote:
A great album, even greater when listened while a late afternoon nap
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preusche wrote:
stunning.
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benzlwenzl wrote:
This was the very first Joanna song I heard. It's now in my top ten of all-time. She's a revelation.
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sarcasmagasm2 wrote:
"This Side of the Blue" Gives me goosebumps
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chacun-son-tour wrote:
It may sound like she's catterwalling (or is it catterwailing?), but she does it oh so beautifully. Her eerie childlike voice pierces you to the bones and causes you to shiver with joy.
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ellisevsf wrote:
v It was obviously an expression of how much he loves the album, jeezo.
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adamzZz wrote:
who cares how much plays do you have?
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Confessions87 wrote:
1315 plays in your library.
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citizenconnect wrote:
some kind of beautiful pixie/human hybrid, floating from forest to field with a flutter, pushed up by the wind of an old blind man blowing a breeze from the top of a hill and down down down
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Denitz wrote:
Possibly the exact opposite to Ys, The Milk-Eyed Mender is just as great an album... Its scale is´t quite as big... but its intimacy is just incredible... an outstanding album!
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greene1994 wrote:
man, i really love ys... but this album just strikes me as a bit weak when compared to it's follow up. it's not necessarily bad, it's just nowhere near as substantial as ys. oh, and sprout and the bean is one of the most irritating songs i've ever heard.
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Saunders5 wrote:
daft_intelect : "I've only had this for a week but it might already be an obsession. Simply beautiful." I couldn't have put it better myself. A week after hearing her for the first time and I can't turn it off.
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