A Book of Songs for Anne Marie

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A Book of Songs for Anne Marie
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 20, 2010 (2010-04-20)
Genre Indie folk
Baroque pop
Length45:10
Label Drag City (US)
Tin Angel (UK)
Producer Maxim Moston
Baby Dee chronology
Safe Inside the Day
(2008)
A Book of Songs for Anne Marie
(2010)
Regifted Light
(2011)

A Book of Songs for Anne Marie is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Baby Dee. It was released on April 20, 2010 under the Drag City label in the US and on Tin Angel Records in the UK. The album is essentially a re-recording of a 150 copy limited-edition CD that was released by Durtro in 2004 with a book of the same name. [1]

Contents

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [4]
Prefix Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Quietus (very positive) [6]
The Sunday Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Track listing

All songs composed by Baby Dee.
Arrangements by Maxim Moston and Baby Dee.

No.TitleLength
1."Overture"2:08
2."Love's Small Song"3:07
3."A Book of Songs for Anne Marie"3:41
4."Lilacs"3:41
5."Unheard of Hope"4:34
6."Black but Comely"5:05
7."And Anne Marie Does Love to Sing"5:50
8."Endless Night"4:36
9."Set Me As a Seal"3:58
10."As Morning Holds a Star"3:36
11."An Early Spring"2:13
12."Morning Fire"2:41

2004 Version

This version was released as a limited-edition book with CD. It features only Baby Dee, singing and playing piano.

No.TitleLength
1."Love's Small Song" (This song was divided into three separate songs on the 2010 album)7:01
2."Lilacs"4:06
3."Black but Comely"4:47
4."Unheard of Hope"5:36
5."And Anne Marie Does Love to Sing"4:47
6."Endless Night"5:02
7."Set Me As a Seal on Your Heart"3:34

Personnel

References

  1. "A Book of Songs for Anne Marie". babydee.org. 2011. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  2. Tudor, Alexander (March 11, 2010). "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on February 11, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  3. Thornton, Anthony (March 5, 2010). "NME review". NME . Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  4. Currin, Grayson (May 4, 2010). "Pitchfork Media review". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  5. Burr, Mike (February 22, 2010). "Prefix Magazine review" . Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  6. Graham, Ben (March 18, 2010). "The Quietus review" . Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  7. "The Sunday Times review". The Times. London.[ dead link ]