Invisible Hour

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Invisible Hour
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)
RecordedJuly 2013
Studio South Pasadena, California
Genre Rock
Length1:00:16
Label Work Song
Producer Joe Henry
Joe Henry chronology
Reverie
(2011)
Invisible Hour
(2014)
Shine a Light
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Paste Magazine 9.4/10 [3]

Invisible Hour is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Joe Henry. It was released in June 2014 under Work Song Recordings.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Joe Henry except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sparrow" 7:23
2."Grave Angels" 5:31
3."Sign" 8:57
4."Invisible Hour"Joe Henry, Lisa Hannigan, Colum McCann 4:01
5."Swayed" 5:16
6."Plainspeak" 5:25
7."Lead Me On" 4:30
8."Alice" 2:45
9."Every Sorrow"Joe Henry, John Smith4:58
10."Water Between Us" 5:01
11."Slide" 6:29

Personnel

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