I Break Chairs
| I Break Chairs | ||||
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| Released | February 19, 2002 | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | David Bazan | |||
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I Break Chairs is Damien Jurado's fourth album, and first with his backing band, Gathered in Song. The album was produced by the lead singer of Pedro the Lion and Headphones, David Bazan.
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Damien Jurado, except Air Show Disaster written by Josh Golden.
- "Paperwings" – 2:55
- "Dancing" – 4:02
- "Birdcage" – 2:13
- "Inevitable" – 2:11
- "Air Show Disaster" – 2:24
- "Never Ending Tide" – 4:44
- "Big Deal" – 2:23
- "The Way You Look" – 3:12
- "Castles" – 2:25
- "Like Titanic" – 3:26
- "Parade" – 2:34
- "Lose My Head" – 5:21
Personnel[edit]
- Damien Jurado – guitar, vocals
- Eric Fisher – guitar, glockenspiel, keyboards
- Andrew Myers – drums, glockenspiel
- Josh Golden - Bass, Guitar, Vocals
- David Bazan – producer, engineer, mixing
- Jesse LeDoux – design
- Aaron Sprinkle – mixing
- Rick Fisher – mastering
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork | (7.1/10)[2] |
| Stylus | (B+)[3] |
| The Great Indie Discography |   [4] |
Heather Phares of Allmusic writes that I Break Chairs "proves that [Damien Jurado] can rock with the best" and the music is "emotionally deep as it is musically diverse".[1] Andy Cockle of Dusted writes that Jurado "displays his golden throat, though the setting seems a bit different" and that the addition of his backing band, Gathered in Song, "allows Jurado to create hopeful pop after providing us with several albums of harrowing solitude".[5] Brad Haywood of Pitchfork Media laments "Jurado's prior three releases was honest, introspective, moody, sometimes peppy and sometimes heartbreaking. The new Jurado is none of those things" and "a return to normalcy would be welcome".[2] Colleen Delaney of Stylus writes "it's too hard to compare I Break Chairs to anything because it's got that sort of timeless quality to it" and "it's bringing me back to the salad days [of indie pop] of 1992, 1993".[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Phares, Heather. "Review I Break Chairs". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ a b Haywood, Brad (March 20, 2002). "Review I Break Chairs". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ a b Delaney, Colleen (September 1, 2003). "Damien Jurado and Gathered In Song". Stylus. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (2003). The Great Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 9781841953359. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ Cockle, Andy (March 31, 2002). "Jurado and Gathered in Song rock out on new record". Dusted. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
