Rehearsals for Departure

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Rehearsals for Departure
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1999
Studio Robert Lang (Shoreline, Washington)
Genre Indie folk
Label Sub Pop
Producer Ken Stringfellow, Blake Wescott
Damien Jurado chronology
Waters Ave S
(1997)
Rehearsals for Departure
(1999)
Ghost of David
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media 8.2/10 [2]
The Times 7/10 [3]

Rehearsals for Departure is the second album by Damien Jurado, released in 1999 on Sub Pop. [4] [5]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Ken Stringfellow and Blake Wescott. [6]

Critical reception

Joe Heim of Salon gave the album a very favorable review, praising its melancholy themes. [7] The Times Colonist called the album "utterly sublime," writing that Jurado "doesn't sing as much as he emotes, but when this young talent spins his altruistic tales of unrequited love lost and found, depression doesn't sound any sweeter than this." [8] The Guardian thought that "there are uncanny reminders of the late Nick Drake in some of his songs." [9]

Track listing

  1. "Ohio"
  2. "Tragedy"
  3. "Curbside"
  4. "Honey Baby"
  5. "Eyes for Windows"
  6. "Letters & Drawings"
  7. "Love the Same"
  8. "Saturday"
  9. "Tornado"
  10. "Rehearsals for Departure"

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References

  1. AllMusic review
  2. "Damien Jurado: Rehearsals for Departure". Pitchfork.
  3. Connolly, Paul (27 Mar 1999). "DAMIEN JURADO". The Times. Features. p. 11.
  4. "Damien Jurado Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  5. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. March 8, 1999 via Google Books.
  6. Bambarger, Bradley (Nov 13, 1999). "Take Heart, Posies fans: Stringfellow's Saltine should satisfy". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 46. pp. 18, 20.
  7. "Sharps and Flats". Salon.com . Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  8. Devlin, Mike (30 Dec 1999). "CDs: The very best of 1999". Times Colonist. p. C1.
  9. Denselow, Robin (15 July 1999). "Miscellany: Reviews: Rock: A hero for depressives Damien Jurado: Rough Trade, London". The Guardian. p. 25.