Salutations (album)

Salutations
Studio album by Conor Oberst
Released	March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)
Genre	Folk, folk rock, Americana
Length	67:20
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Jim Keltner, Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst chronology
Ruminations (2016) Salutations (2017) Better Oblivion Community Center (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10 [1]
Metacritic	81/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Independent	[4]
The Irish Times	[5]
Mojo	[6]
The Observer	[7]
Pitchfork	6.6/10 [8]
Q	[9]
Record Collector	[10]
Uncut	8/10 [11]
Vice	A− [12]

Salutations is the eighth solo studio album by American musician Conor Oberst, released on March 17, 2017 on Nonesuch Records. ^[13] Ten of the tracks originally appeared on Ruminations in acoustic form.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Conor Oberst, except as indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Late to Fixate"		4:01
2.	"Gossamer Thin"		3:33
3.	"Overdue"	Conor Oberst and James Felice	3:48
4.	"Afterthought"		3:35
5.	"Next of Kin"		3:40
6.	"Napalm"		4:57
7.	"Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)"		4:14
8.	"Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out"		3:59
9.	"Barbary Coast (Later)"		4:27
10.	"Tachycardia"		3:25
11.	"Empty Hotel by the Sea"		4:23
12.	"Anytime Soon"	Oberst, Johnathan Rice, Taylor Goldsmith and Jonathan Wilson	2:51
13.	"Counting Sheep"		3:27
14.	"The Rain Follows the Plow"		3:41
15.	"You All Loved Him Once"		4:26
16.	"A Little Uncanny"		4:56
17.	"Salutations"		3:57
Total length:			1:07:20

Personnel

• Pearl Charles – backing vocals (12)
• Daphne Chen – violin (8, 9, 14)
• Richard Dodd – cello (8, 9, 14)
• Greg Farley – violin (1–11, 13–16), backing vocals (1, 3, 4)
• Ian Felice – electric guitar (1–11, 13–16), backing vocals (3, 4, 14, 16)
• James Felice – piano (13–15), organ (6, 10, 11, 13), Wurlitzer (3, 7, 9, 15, 16), accordion (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 13–15), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14)
• Eric Gorfain – violin (8, 9, 14)
• Jim James – backing vocals (2, 3, 10, 14)
• Leah Katz – viola (8, 9, 14)
• Jim Keltner – drums (1–17), percussion (3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 17)
• Andy LeMaster – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 11)
• Blake Mills – guitar (10), electric guitar (14), baritone guitar (7), guitarrón (7)
• Conor Oberst – vocals (1–17), guitar (4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16), electric guitar (3, 6, 12), piano (1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 17), Wurlitzer (14), harmonica (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–11, 14–16)
• Josh Rawson – bass (1–11, 13–16), backing vocals (3)
• Gus Seyffert – bass (12, 17)
• Maria Taylor – backing vocals (9, 13)
• M. Ward – guitar (15)
• Gillian Welch – backing vocals (7, 15)
• Jonathan Wilson – guitar (12, 17), piano (12, 17), synthesizer (12, 17)

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14]	58
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15]	86
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16]	166
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17]	82
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18]	46
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [19]	89
UK Albums (OCC) [20]	91
US Billboard 200 [21]	137

References

1. "Salutations by Conor Oberst reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
2. "Reviews and Tracks for Salutations by Conor Oberst". Metacritic . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Salutations – Conor Oberst". AllMusic . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
4. Gill, Andy (March 15, 2017). "Album reviews: Conor Oberst – Salutations, Spoon – Hot Thoughts, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales – Room 29 and more". The Independent . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
5. Clayon-Lea, Tony (March 16, 2017). "Conor Oberst – Salutations album review: Ruminations on a reboot". The Irish Times . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
6. Chick, Stevie (April 2017). "Conor Oberst: Salutations". Mojo (281): 97.
7. Mongredien, Phil (March 19, 2017). "Conor Oberst: Salutations review – sprawling companion to Ruminations". The Observer . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
8. Cohen, Ian (March 14, 2017). "Conor Oberst: Salutations". Pitchfork . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
9. Garner, George (May 2017). "Conor Oberst: Salutations". Q (334): 108.
10. Pearlman, Mischa (March 2017). "Conor Oberst – Salutations". Record Collector (464). Retrieved May 1, 2018.
11. Thomson, Graeme (April 2017). "Conor Oberst: Salutations". Uncut (239): 35.
12. Christgau, Robert (April 8, 2017). "The New Pornographers Soar and Conor Oberst Grows Up: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Vice . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
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