Now, More Than Ever

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Now, More Than Ever
Now, More Than Ever (cover art).jpg
Studio album by
Jim Guthrie
Released18 November 2003 (Canada) / 7 June 2010 (3 Syllables Records)
Recorded2003, The House of Miracles
Genre Folk, indie pop
Length44:12
Label Three Gut Records, 3 Syllables Records
Producer Andy Magoffin
Jim Guthrie chronology
Morning Noon Night
(2002)		Now, More Than Ever
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 87/100 [1]
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
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Cokemachineglow 85% [4]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Stylus 8.6/10 [7]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]

Now, More Than Ever is an album by Jim Guthrie. It was mastered by George Graves and sequenced by Kristian Galberg. Stephen Evans did the album's artwork.

Contents

An "extended edition", featuring a second disc of rarities, B-sides, and demo versions of some of the album's songs was released in 2010.

Track listing

Original

  1. "Problem With Solutions" – 4:34
  2. "All Gone" – 4:07
  3. "So Small" – 3:58
  4. "Save It" – 4:35
  5. "Broken Chair" – 4:05
  6. "Lovers Do" – 6:16
  7. "Time Is a Force" – 5:27
  8. "Now, More Than Ever" – 3:24
  9. "The Evangelist" – 5:10
  10. "You Are Far (Do You Exist?)" – 2:31

2010 bonus disc

  1. "Hug Me 'Til I'm Blue"
  2. "Time Is a Force (Demo)"
  3. "All Gone (String Only Mix)"
  4. "Lot to Learn"
  5. "Save It (8-Track Demo)"
  6. "Something Don't Feel Right"
  7. "Lovers Do (String Outro)"
  8. "So Small (4-Track Demo)"
  9. "All Gone (Slap Chop Mix)"
  10. "Wuthering Heights"
  11. "Love Hurts"
  12. "Ain't Got No/I Got Life"

Additional musicians

Chart activity

The album debuted on the Top 50 Albums from Canadian Campus/Community Radio Airplay at #14 on 28 November 2003, [9] peaking on those charts at #3 position on 9 January 2004 [10] and appearing for the final time the week of 19 March 2004. [11] It spent a total of 8 weeks in the top 10.

Awards

Now, More than Ever was nominated in the category Alternative Album of the Year at the 2005 Juno Awards.

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews for Now, More Than Ever by Jim Guthrie". Metacritic . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Acoustic without being folksy, poppy without being pandering, and quirky without being annoying. [Oct 2004, p.144]
  4. ↑ Newell, Aaron (16 February 2005). "Jim Guthrie - Now, More Than Ever". Cokemachineglow . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (7 January 2004). "Now, More Than Ever - Jim Guthrie". Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (25 August 2004). "Review: Jim Guthrie, Now, More Than Ever". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Reid, Scott (12 December 2004). "Jim Guthrie - Now More Than Ever". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jim Guthrie - Now More Than Ever". Tiny Mix Tapes . Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Full Top 50 Chart". Chart . 28 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  10. ↑ "Full Top 50 Chart". Chart . 9 January 2004. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  11. ↑ "Full Top 50 Chart". Chart . 19 March 2004. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.


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