Horse Latitudes (album)

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Horse Latitudes
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Studio album by Jeffrey Foucault
Released May 3, 2011
Recorded October 2010
Genre Americana, Folk music
Length38:39
Label Signature Sounds
Producer Jeffrey Foucault
Jeffrey Foucault chronology
Cold Satellite
(2010)		Horse Latitudes
(2011)

Horse Latitudes is an album by American singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault, released in 2011.

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Jeffrey Foucault American musician

Jeffrey Foucault is an American songwriter and record producer from Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States, whose work marries the influence of American country, blues, rock 'n' roll, and folk music. He has released six full-length solo albums under his own name and two full-band lyrical collaborations with poet Lisa Olstein, under the moniker Cold Satellite. Foucault has toured extensively in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe since 2001, in both full-band and solo appearances. Since 2013 he has performed as a duo with drummer Billy Conway.

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Reception

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Minor 7th (not rated) [2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote that "Singer/songwriter Jeffrey Foucault likes to play in a familiar, slow-moving country-folk style; this is a guy who has been to the desert on "A Horse with No Name," searching for a "Heart of Gold." The lyrical reflections he expresses so introspectively also tend to be spare and allusive... For the most part, however, Foucault is a miniaturist as interested in evoking mood as meaning in his atmospheric music, expecting his listeners to fill in the blanks." [1] David Kleiner of Minor 7th wrote "Writers should check out Foucault's similes, here ("singing / darker than the sea") and throughout ("smoking like a river / in the dark before the dawn"), as the comparison is always unexpected and richer for it... What you remember is, "When I had one good coat, I was warm." You disappear. Only Foucault's songs remain, as haunting as they are haunted." [2]

Track listing

All songs by Jeffrey Foucault.

  1. "Horse Latitudes" – 5:20
  2. "Pretty Girl in a Small Town" – 2:32
  3. "Starlight and Static" – 3:31
  4. "Heart to the Husk" – 2:33
  5. "Last Night I Dreamed of Television" – 4:05
  6. "Goners Most" – 4:53
  7. "Everybody's Famous" – 4:37
  8. "Idaho" – 3:49
  9. "Passerine" – 4:33
  10. "Tea and Tobacco" – 2:46

Personnel

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Kris Delmhorst is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, United States, she now lives in Western Massachusetts, is an active member of the Boston folk scene, and tours internationally. She has released six full-length solo albums and two EPs on Signature Sounds Recordings.

Jennifer Condos is an American bass guitarist known primarily for her session and live performance work. She has contributed to the recordings and live performances of many well-known artists.

Van Dyke Parks American musician

Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks. He is known for his 1967 album Song Cycle and for his lyrics on the Beach Boys' unfinished album Smile. In addition to producing or arranging albums by Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Phil Ochs, Little Feat, Happy End, Ry Cooder, and Joanna Newsom, Parks has worked with performers such as Syd Straw, Ringo Starr, U2, Grizzly Bear, Inara George, Kimbra and Silverchair.

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References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Horse Latitudes > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Kleiner, David. "Horse Latitudes > Review". Minor 7th . Retrieved June 29, 2011.
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