Havana Winter

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Havana Winter
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 30, 2009
RecordedOctober 2007 – October 2008
Length31:25
Label Warner Music Canada
Producer Kevin Hearn and Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle chronology
The Miracle Mile
(2003)
Havana Winter
(2009)
Cloud Maintenance
(2011)

Havana Winter is the fourth album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. It was released on July 30, 2009. Kevin Hearn wrote all of the tracks on the album, which was produced by Hearn and Michael Phillip Wojewoda. It was packaged in a double-fold digipak, with no booklet or liner notes.

Contents

Guests on the album include Lou Reed, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Chantal Kreviazuk, John McDermott and Laurie Anderson. [1]

Reception

PopMatters wrote, "[H]is songs have almost surprising depth at times. They're light, and they don't force; they don't come to you. You go to them with a nugget of curiosity, and then you realize they're not as light as you think." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Coma" Kevin Hearn 5:09
2."On The Runway"Hearn3:47
3."Reeling"Hearn5:04
4."Luna"Hearn3:57
5."Huntsville.ca"Hearn3:55
6."In The Shade"Hearn3:32
7."Helicopter in the Sand"Hearn6:04
Total length:31:36

Personnel

Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle

Additional personnel

Production

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References

  1. Reed, David (2009). "Kevin Hearn's Havana Winter full of buried treasures Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine ", The Intelligencer . Retrieved August 29, 2011.
  2. Berndtson, Chad (January 19, 2010). "Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle: Havana Winter", PopMatters. Retrieved August 29, 2011.