Caught in the Trees

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Caught in the Trees
CaughtInTheTreescover.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 September 2008
Recorded2007–2008
Genre Indie rock
Label Secretly Canadian
Producer Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert
Damien Jurado chronology
And Now That I'm in Your Shadow
(2006)
Caught in the Trees
(2008)
Saint Bartlett
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste Magazine (78/100) [3]
Pitchfork Media (7.3/10) [4]
PopMatters (8/10) [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]

Caught in the Trees is a 2008 album released by Indie rock musician Damien Jurado. It is his eighth full-length album release.

Contents

Pitchfork Media gave the album a favorable review, calling it "a rock solid outing from backing bandmates Jenna Conrad and Eric Fisher supporting some of Jurado's best songwriting to date". [7] Paste Magazine also praised the album, writing that it "alternates between lean, biting folk-rock and haunting ballads that seem to float up from deep, dark wells. With his pair of bandmate friends by his side, he sounds less alone than ever before, and Conrad's pliant harmonies are a great boon." [8]

Track listing

SongWritersLength
"Gillian Was a Horse"Damien Jurado, Jenna Conrad3:20
"Trials"Damien Jurado3:22
"Caskets"Damien Jurado2:58
"Coats Of Ice"Damien Jurado3:02
"Go First"Damien Jurado4:27
"Sorry is For You"Damien Jurado1:07
"Last Rights"Damien Jurado4:11
"Dimes"Damien Jurado3:43
"Everything Trying"Damien Jurado3:25
"Sheets"Damien Jurado4:16
"Paper Kite"Damien Jurado3:38
"Best Dress"Jenna Conrad4:12
"Predictive Living"Damien Jurado2:50

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