Lovers Prayers

Lovers Prayers
Studio album by Ida
Released	January 29, 2008
Label	Tiger Style
Producer	Warren Defever Ida
Ida chronology
Heart Like a River (2005) Lovers Prayers (2008)

Lovers Prayers is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Ida, released on January 29, 2008, by Tiger Style Records. It has been reviewed by AllMusic, ^[1] Pitchfork, ^[2] Magnet Magazine, ^[3] and PopMatters. ^[4] Band members Mitchell and Littleton performed songs from the album on the NPR newsmagazine show Bryant Park Project . ^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daniel Littleton, except as noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lovers Prayers"	5:12
2.	"The Weight of the Straw"	3:48
3.	"The Love Below"	5:04
4.	"Willow Tree"	4:16
5.	"Worried Mind Blues"	4:09
6.	"Gravity" (Karla Schickele)	4:39
7.	"For Shame of Doing Wrong" (Richard Thompson, originally from Pour Down Like Silver )	3:16
8.	"First Light"	5:07
9.	"Kora"	5:01
10.	"Surely Gone"	4:43
11.	"The Killers 1964"	5:18
12.	"See the Stars"	3:52
13.	"First Take"	4:36
14.	"Blue Clouds"	3:30

Personnel

Musicians

• Jean Cook – violin
• Levon Helm  – drums on "First Light"
• Michael Hurley  – wurlitzer on "Worried Mind", viola on "Blue Clouds"
• Ruth Keating – drums, percussion, glockenspiel, melodica, shruti box
• Daniel Littleton – guitar, percussion, piano, harmonium, viola
• Elizabeth Mitchell  – guitar, harmonium, wurlitzer
• Tara Jane ONeil  – guitar, drums
• Jane Scarpantoni  – cello
• Karla Schickele – bass, wurlitzer, tambourine, piano
• Matt Sutton – guitar, pedal steel guitar

Technical personnel

• Warren Defever  – producer, engineer, mixing
• Justin Guip – engineer, mixing
• Sean Price – engineer
• Daniel Littleton – engineer
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Tara Jane ONeil  – art
• Silver Mountain Media – design

References

1. Brown, Marisa. "Lovers Prayers". Allmusic . Retrieved September 25, 2011.
2. Colville, Liz (March 10, 2008). "Ida Lovers Prayers". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved September 25, 2011.
3. Pais, Noah Bonaparte (January 29, 2009). "IDA: Lovers Prayers [Polyvinyl]". Magnet Magazine . Retrieved September 25, 2011.
4. Fiander, Matthew. "Ida: Lovers Prayers". PopMatters . Retrieved September 25, 2011.
5. "Ida Whispers a Prayer for 'Lovers'". The Bryant Park Project . January 28, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2011.