Klamath (album)

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Klamath
AlbumKlamath.jpg
Studio album by
Released2009
Recorded2009
Genre Rock
Length43:33
Label Decor [1]
Producer Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel chronology
Candy Ass
(2005)
Klamath
(2009)
Brannan Street
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound 7/10 [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3] [ unreliable source? ]

Klamath is an album by the American Music Club singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel. [4] Released by Decor in 2009, it was his first solo album since Candy Ass , in 2005. All of the songs were written by Eitzel.

Contents

Eitzel himself printed and manufactured the album; friends mailed the copies. [4]

Critical reception

The Independent called it "gorgeous and every bit as good as those early American Music Club records." [5] The Herald considered it a "simple, beautiful record." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Buried Treasure"
  2. "Like a River That Reaches The Sea"
  3. "The Blood on My Hands"
  4. "I Miss You"
  5. "There's Someone Waiting"
  6. "What Do You Got for Me"
  7. "The White of Gold"
  8. "I Live in This Place"
  9. "Why I'm Bullshit"
  10. "Remember"
  11. "Antennas"
  12. "Ronald Koal was a Rock Star"

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References

  1. "Mark Eitzel: Klamath". PopMatters. November 22, 2009.
  2. "Album Review: Mark Eitzel - Klamath". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. "Mark Eitzel - Klamath". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "'Feeling at my most tortured … it can be a little phoney'". HeraldScotland. 15 October 2009.
  5. "Album: Mark Eitzel, Klamath, (Decor Records)". The Independent. October 25, 2009.