Cavalier (album)

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Cavalier
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Studio album by
Released2007
Genre Indie rock, folk
Label Fat Cat Records
Producer John Parish
Tom Brosseau chronology
Grand Forks
(2006)
Cavalier
(2007)
Posthumous Success
(2009)
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Cavalier is an album by Tom Brosseau, released in 2007. It was produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Giant Sand) and engineered by Ali Chant at Toy Box Studios in Bristol, U.K.

Tom Brosseau American musician

Tom Brosseau is an American musical storyteller and guitarist, born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States. He was awarded Key to the City of Grand Forks by mayor Michael R. Brown in 2007, in part due to his original album of music, Grand Forks, which was dedicated to the people along the Red River of the North who lived through the 1997 Red River flood.

John Parish British musician and producer

John Parish is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer.

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Contents

Album insight

Artwork from Cavalier was created by DLT and meant to emulate Black Sparrow Press, whose vibrant title page and cover design colors and shapes were created by Barbara Martin.

Black Sparrow Books, formerly known as Black Sparrow Press, is a publishing company founded in 1966 by John Martin in order to publish the works of Charles Bukowski and other avant-garde authors. Martin financed the start-up of the company by selling his large collection of rare first editions.

The photo used for the album was taken in Portland, Oregon by American photographer, Lars Topelmann.

Track listing

  1. "Amory"
  2. "Brass Ring Blues"
  3. "Committed to Memory"
  4. "Brand New Safe"
  5. "My Heart Belongs To The Sea"
  6. "My Peggy Dear"
  7. "Instructions To Meet The Devil"
  8. "I Want To Make This Moment Last"
  9. "I'm Travelling The River On The Dakota Queen"
  10. "Kiss My Lips"

Personnel

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References

  1. Greene, Jo-Ann. Cavalier at AllMusic