Saltbreakers

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Saltbreakers
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 17, 2007
GenreFolk
Length48:02
LabelNonesuch
Laura Veirs chronology
Year of Meteors
(2005)
Saltbreakers
(2007)
Two Beers Veirs
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Guardian[3]
Pitchfork4.7/10[4]

Saltbreakers is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Laura Veirs.

The album was released in Europe and Australia on March 17, 2007,[5] and in the U.S. on April 10, 2007. It was released on Nonesuch Records, who also released two previous Veirs albums, Carbon Glacier and Year of Meteors. On August 7, 2018, it was announced that this album, along with the rest of her releases through Nonesuch would be reissued for the first time in over ten years on both compact disc and vinyl by Veirs' own record label, Raven Marching Band.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Pink Light" – 4:04
  2. "Ocean Night Song" – 3:08
  3. "Don't Lose Yourself" – 4:01
  4. "Drink Deep" – 4:36
  5. "Wandering Kind" – 3:32
  6. "Nightingale" – 3:12
  7. "Saltbreakers" – 3:20
  8. "To the Country" – 5:09
  9. "Cast a Hook in Me" – 3:20
  10. "Phantom Mountain" – 3:14
  11. "Black Butterfly" – 2:22
  12. "Wrecking" – 3:49
  13. "Bright Glittering Gifts" (iTunes bonus track) – 4:43

Charts[edit]

Chart performance of Saltbreakers
Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 96

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meta Critic review
  2. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Review: Saltbreakers". Allmusic. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  3. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (April 6, 2007). "CD: Laura Veirs, Saltbreakers". The Guardian. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  4. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  5. ^ Zuel, Bernard (March 3, 2007). "On the edge of dreams". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 23, 2020.