Silver Ladder

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Silver Ladder
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Studio album by Peter Mulvey
Released 2014
Recorded September 2013, Signature Sound, Connecticut
Genre Indie music, Folk music
Length34:38
Label Signature Sounds
Producer Chuck Prophet, Aidan Hawken
Peter Mulvey chronology
The Good Stuff
(2012)		Silver Ladder
(2014)

Silver Ladder is an album by American singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey, released in 2014.

Peter Mulvey American musician

Peter Mulvey is an American folk singer-songwriter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene through his relentless touring and critically acclaimed albums. Starting his musical career in Milwaukee while at Marquette University, he honed his performing skills while traveling in Dublin, Ireland. He later spent several years in Boston, where he frequently performed in the city's subway system. He is best known for his warmly wry songwriting and his intense percussive guitar style.

Contents

Silver Ladder was the first album released by Mulvey after a five-year hiatus from songwriting due to personal issues. He decided to write one song a week and collected enough to record the album. The basic tracks were recorded live over two-and-a-half days followed by overdubs. [1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Writing for the Irish Times , Joe Breen called the album "impressive" and wrote that although Mulvey "can go overboard... he compensates." [3] Martin Chilton of The Telegraph called the album "grown-up country" and wrote that Mulvey had excelled himself. [4] Jason Noble of CultureFly called the album "not a bad return, but it’s not likely to set the world on fire" and wrote "The songs are decent enough, but do suffer from a lack of impact at times, and a little more variation would help..." [2]

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel placed the album 7th in its year-end review of the top 10 best albums of 2014 in Milwaukee. [5]

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Track listing

All songs by Peter Mulvey unless noted.

  1. "Lies You Forgot You Told" – 2:24
  2. "You Don't Have to Tell Me" – 2:29
  3. "Sympathies" – 2:32
  4. "Remember the Milkman?" (Mulvey, Matt Lorenz) – 2:47
  5. "What Else Was It?" – 3:40
  6. "Trempealeau" – 3:15
  7. "Where Did You Go?" (Mulvey, David Goodrich, Barry Rothman) – 3:41
  8. "Josephine" – 2:58
  9. "Back in the Wind" (Mulvey, Paul Cebar) – 2:55
  10. "Copenhagen Airport" – 2:25
  11. "If You Shoot at a King You Must Kill Him" – 4:25
  12. "Landfall" – 1:07

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Sara Watkins American musician

Sara Ullrika Watkins is an American singer-songwriter and fiddler. Watkins debuted in 1989 as fiddler and founding member of the progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek along with her brother Sean and mandolinist Chris Thile. In addition to singing and fiddling, Watkins also plays the ukulele and the guitar, and also played percussion while touring with the Decemberists.

Tom Freund American musician

Tom Freund is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Freund's music consists of elements of folk rock, americana and alternative rock. Freund met Ben Harper when he was attending Pitzer College in Claremont, California. In 1992 the duo released an album, Pleasure and Pain. Not long after, he joined the alternative country group The Silos as their bassist, and moved to Austin, Texas. He released his debut solo album, North American Long Weekend, in 1998 and has released albums on his own Surf Road Records since 2000. While releasing his own music, Tom has also contributed to albums by artists including Graham Parker, Mandy Moore, and Josh Kelley. Some of his work, including "Copper Moon", appeared on the TV program One Tree Hill, while other songs have appeared on Dawson's Creek and Parenthood.

Aidan Hawken is an American singer-songwriter and musician from San Francisco.

Production notes

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References

  1. ↑ Emmons, Mitch. "Peter Mulvey on the Release of 'Silver Ladder'". Guitar World . Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Noble, Jason. "Silver Ladder Review". CultureFly. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Breen, Joe. "Silver Ladder Review". Irish Times . Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Chilton, Martin. "Silver Ladder Review". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Field Report's 'Marigolden,' Death Blues' 'Ensemble' top list of 10 best Milwaukee albums of 2014". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved February 20, 2016.
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