Emoh

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Emoh
Lou Barlow - Emoh.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2005 (UK)
Recorded2004
StudioThe Beech House Recording Megaplex in Wedgewood Sound, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genre Folk rock, lo-fi
Length50:14
Label Merge (U.S., MRG254)
Domino (UK, WIG153)
Producer Mark Nevers, Mark Miller, Josh Schwartz, Wally Gagel
Lou Barlow chronology
Songs from Loobiecore
(2002)
Emoh
(2005)
Goodnight Unknown
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 63/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) link
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg no.967, p.84
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg p.108

Emoh is a solo album by Lou Barlow, the first with his real name; the album was released in the USA in 2005 by Domino and by Merge Records and recorded in 2004. [2] [3]

Contents

Rolling Stone gave the album 3 stars out of 5 and noted: [4] "[F]ull of quiet lyricism and Nick Drake beauty..." Uncut (p. 108) gave 4 stars out of 5 and said: "Using acoustic guitar, piano and vocals, he delivers 14 sweetly somber neo-folk tunes that reveal just how subtly persuasive the man's influence really is."

The album was recorded when Barlow was "in a better place" after some years of struggling due to Sebadoh's hiatus, John Davis leaving The Folk Implosion and personal problems. When the album was re-released in 2020, Barlow reflected: "Though Emoh was an overwhelmingly positive step forward for me, listening now, I realize the songs have a lot of pain in them. They clearly track the slow dissolution of my first marriage, the fatal break of several partnerships, and my struggle to acclimate to living in LA. Emoh is primarily an acoustic LP with live performances at its core, and that was a personal achievement for me. I’m still very pleased with it." [5]

Track listing

  1. "Holding Back the Year" – 3:30
  2. "Home" – 3:23
  3. "Caterpillar Girl" – 3:35
  4. "Legendary" – 4:11
  5. "Royalty" – 3:45
  6. "Puzzle" – 3:36
  7. "If I Could" – 3:42
  8. "Monkey Begun" – 3:02
  9. "Morning's After Me" – 3:44
  10. "Round-N-Round" – 2:34
  11. "Mary" – 3:10
  12. "Confused" – 3:45
  13. "Imagined Life" – 4:14
  14. "The Ballad of Daykitty" – 4:03

2020 reissue

15. Finger (Demo) 16. Helpless (Demo) 17. Legendary (Demo) 18. Puzzle (Demo) 19. Home (Demo) 20. If I Could (Demo) 21. Mary (Demo) 22. Confused (Demo)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. "Emoh Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  2. "Lou Barlow: Emoh". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  3. "Emoh - Lou Barlow | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. Rolling Stone #. 967, p. 84
  5. "Diverse Vinyl". May 13, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  6. All credits taken from home page Loobiecore.com [ dead link ]